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Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Persian and a short abstract in English. 294, [4] p. Lâey-ey tahdid-e hudûd-e Irân va Osmâni (Treatises on the demarcation of the Iranian-Ottoman boundary), 1266-1268 / 1850-1852. Translated from original Ottoman Turkish by Mirzâ Jahângirkhân Nâzem'ol-Molk Marandi Yekânlou. Edition and introduction by Dr. Nasrollah Salehi. "Dervish Pasha was one of the most promnentOttoman politicians in the 19th century. Born in Istanbul (Constantinople), he left for Europe to continue his studies in 1836. Following a short sstay in London, he then relocated to Paris where he completed his education. He returned to Isstanbul in 1841 and started teaching chemistry and physics at the Galatasaray School. Climbing the ranks of the Ottoman bureaucracy he was promoted to the rank of general in the army, and later was appointed as the Ottoman plenipotentiary to Ottoman-Iranian Frontier Commission that surveyed the borderland regions from 1848 to 1852. The secretary ofthe Ottoman commission was Khorshid Pasha. Both of them wrote their mission reports. Khorsid Pasha's long report was published with the title of 'Seyahatnâme-i Hudûd'.".

Lingue: Persian