1 4^ OmLHBt COOWEWT:
2 afi:er. a hard struggle, the third Ghiljie king o£ Persia was expelled by-
3 Nadir Shah ; but some of the tribe remained indepejulf at in that
4 country till very lately, if iiidccd they are even now subdued. They
5 inhalMti tl Isliubeess aad Nermaunsheer in the province of Kermauu.
6 Sonn ntlu rs still remain in Persia mixed with the botly of the
7 people. Thu most liimous that has appeared since the dovvuiali of
8 their own monarchy, was ^Vjsaud Khaun Solimauu Khail, who set up
9 for King of Persia* and is well known aa the moat formidable <^
10 Kfireem Khaim*« oompedton. It b aaid, both by the Fqnpanii aa^
11 Afghaniiaft thit tbeSr laqg alxuggle for the tbtone «ided in^ftidifiil.
12 fiioidab^ aad lint Aland Uved for .iikaay yean in lafirtjai^
13 at die coiut of hia rafioeadiil. rival. "Die &Gt .ia .ognaiatsit .w/Stt
14 Keneem Khaun's character ; and in a ooontiy where .tfaare iaauqh a
15 deartli of good frltb and gfuatmttkj^ tine vowldiain hepe jtbat it k
16 anlihentfe. AjMnd Khaun'a aon .now leaidaa in T jighiman. l^aea.
17 afe'«lao many GkUjiea in the Uabec service, who bear, a ln|^ ^fipn-i
18 tation.: they probably were sent to Bokharaby Nadir, or emigrMbed
19 hi consequence of the depression of their tribe. The manner in
20 which they lost their kingdom» and the bold rebellion by which they
21 lately attempted to regain it, will be found in the historical part of
22 this account. Their pretensions to the sovereignty are now laid asidi^
23 and the moderation of tlic Dooruuiiee (government has in same mea-
24 sure disHrnuil the resenttiuiu wliich itiey leit for their reduction;
25 but the^ stiii tbndly recal the ancient grandeur of their tribe; and
26 tlie royalty of the Shauh Alhim Khail, and tiie iiereditary stations
27 of their Khnuns are yet ackuowle<lged anil res})ected by them all.
28 The character of die trjibe ia as various as the couutry it inhabits;
29 ia Persia, l^ere js also a particuiar history of the Ghiijtc conquest, drawn up from the
30 nowara PhprKralnki^ «b» M'in IsphAhmariheiawt iMtlte emy Mk«f 4a
31 good Jesuit, und the lively imagination of his French editor, turn produced an historical
32 romance, which, though nt)t destitute of information, requimi aa much knowl<f1<re to
33 ^istii^guish. between the trutJi aud the ^dselutodt as would h^vi> sufficed far the pruducuoa
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