I’tisam al-Din’s Shigarfnamah includes a long passage about the Portuguese and the manner in which they arrived in the East and eventually colonized Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka). Here’s a passage from Pieris, P. E. (Paulus Edward). Ceylon and the Portuguese,…
My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. On the Expulsion of the Portuguese The Portuguese built a fortress at Balagarh along with their church, and resumed their…
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…