Excerpt from The Revolutions of Persia, Vol. 2: Containing the Reign of Shah Sultan Hussein; The Invasion of the Afghans and the Reigns of Sultan Mir Maghmud and His Successor Sultan Ashreff; With the History of the Celebrated Usurper Nadir Kouli, From His Birth in 1687, 'Till His Death in 1747 Knight of the moft ancient order of the thistle, one of the lords of his MA [est v's bed-chamber, lord-lieutenant, and principal fheriff of the county of lanark, one of his MA jest r's moft honorable privy-council, and one of the lords of the police in scotland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.