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I’tisam al-Din’s Shigarfnamah, 5: the vastness of the sea

My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. On the Vastness and Depth of the Sea We must admit that sea’s depths and bottom and the vastness of

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I’tisam al-Din’s Shigarfnamah, 2: hat-wearing Europeans arrive

Unless otherwise marked with KH (initials of Kaiser Haq), the passages below are translated from Farsi text by myself. Farsi text: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. A brief account of the coming of the

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