Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...century, the Afghaun tribe of Ghiljie founded an empire which included all Persia, and extended on the west to the present limits of the Russian and Turkish empires. Part only of Afghaunistaun, however, acknowledged They seem, however, to have temporarily recovered their territory; for, within one hundred years after the death of Jengheez, we find Mahommed Sam Ghoree defending Heraut against a descendant of that conqueror (D'O/ison, Vol. iv, page 515, &c.); and Tamerlane, in the fifteenth century, mentions Gheians-oo-deen, son of Moez-oo-deen Ghoree, as possessing Khorassaun, Ghore, and Ghurjistaun.--(Malfuzdt Timuri, page 145.) Sam, Gheians-oo-deen, and Moez-oo-deen, are all family names of the original dynasty.--1838. their dominion. Naudir Shauh overthrew this dynasty, and annexed most of Afghaunistaun to Persia; and, on his death, the present Afghaun monarchy was founded; which at its height extended from the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea to that of the river Jumna, and from the Oxus to the Indian ocean. After this cursory notice of the facts relating to the Afghauns, which are ascertained by authentic history, we may now examine what they say of themselves. The account they give of their own origin, is worthy of attention, and has already attracted the notice of an eminent orientalist. They maintain that they are descended from Afghaun, the son of Irmia, or Berkia, son of Saul, King of Israel; and all their histories of their nation begin with relating the transaction of the Jews from Abraham down to the captivity. Their narrative of those transactions appears to agree with that of the other Mahommedans; and though interspersed with some wild fables, does not essentially differ from Scripture. After the captivity, they allege that...
