Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2011
Amongst the crowned heads and princes of royal blood in Asia who have taken an interest in the welfare of the Royal Asiatic Society, we have to name the Sháh of Persia, and his second son, the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza. The latter is lost to his country and to us; and the untimely termination of his career is both a matter of public concern, and has especial claims on the notice and sympathy of the Society, from the peculiar relation in which his Royal Highness stood with respect to it.
* We are principally indebted for the materials of this sketch to the kindness of Major Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S., a gentleman who, in his official capacity as British Chargé d'Affaires at the Persian court, had ample opportunities of becoming acquainted with the character and views of the enlightened prince in question.—ed.
* Muharrik al Kulúb; or, Discourses on the Martyrdom of some of the principal Muhammedan Saints; a work compiled in the reign of Karím Khán, by Mullá Mahdí, of Narágh, at the request of Abdul Rizá Khán, of Káshán: and Husainiyah, a work written by Mullá Ibrahím, in the time of Hárún-ar-Rashíd. For both these works the Society is indebted to the attention of Sir Henry Willock.—Ed.
* The Anwári Sohailí of Husain Vatz Kashifí, folio, published in 1828; and the History of the rise and progress of the Muhammedan power in India, by Muhammed Kasim Fehishta, in two vols. folio, published in 1833. A translation of the latter work was published in 1829, by Colonel Briggs.
† See Sir Robert Ker Porter's Travels.