The history of the life of Nader Shah, king of Persia: extracted from an eastern manuscript (1773)
Title:
The history of the life of Nader Shah, king of Persia: extracted from an eastern manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark
Author:
Mahdī Khān Astarābādī [author of eastern manuscript], William Jones [author of description & appendix]
Translator:
[Translation from Persian to French and] Translation of extracted text to English: William Jones
Editor:
With an introduction containing: I. a description of Asia according to the Oriental geographers; II. a short history of Persia from the earliest times to the present century; and an appendix consisting of an essay on Asiatick poetry and the Persian language, to which are added pieces relative to the French translation by William Jones
