"The Court of Persia, Viewed in Connexion With Scriptural Usages" by John Kitto, First American Edition, published by American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia, reprinted from the Religious Tract Society, London, undated [late 1840s- early 1850s]. An account of Persian history, life and customs among the royal court.

Hard boards, cloth spine with paper label on it [wear & damages: see photos]; 4.1/2" x 7.1/4"; front endpaper is missing, 192 pages; some soiling, good condition.

John Kitto (1804-1854) was an English biblical scholar and a missionary to Baghdad and Persia in the early 19th century. A London publisher asked Kitto to write up his travel journals for a series of articles in the Penny Magazine, a publication read at that time by a million people in Britain, reprinted in America and translated into French, German and Dutch. Other writing projects followed as readers inquired about his experiences in the East amidst people living in circumstances closely resembling those of Bible times.

“Who administer the real business of government. It is not enough to say, that all this secondary power is derived from the crown, and would fall if that of the sovereign were diminished. This might, indeed, be true in some countries, as in Turkey, but not in Persia, among whom the chiefs of the tribes, like the princes of the tribes in Israel, exercise an inherent authority, not derived from the crown, and which would exist were all the powers of the monarch extinct.” [Excerpt from "The Court of Persia, Viewed in Connexion With Scriptural Usages"]

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