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Sykes' History of Persia Vol 2 (pdf) - Heritage Institute

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LAST YEARS OF NADIR SHAH 369<br />

and Napoleon, the last great conqueror in Europe, both in<br />

the extent <strong>of</strong> their conquests and in their deterioration <strong>of</strong><br />

character as a consequence <strong>of</strong> unbridled power. Had Nadir<br />

Shah died after the campaigns in India, Bokhara, and<br />

Khiva, he would have been the national hero for all time.<br />

Unfortunately he lived to become justly hated by the nation<br />

which he had saved from dismemberment.<br />

VOL. II<br />

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