 Among themselves, with their equals, the Persians are affable and polite; to their superiors, servile and obsequious ; and towards their inferiors haughty and domineering. All ranks are equally avaricious, sordid, and dishonest, when they have an opportunity...  Our North-west Frontier - Page 191856 - 19 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Henry Pottinger - Balochistan (Pakistan) - 1816 - 462 pages
...his neighbour helps himself in the same manner the next minute, is truly barbarous and disgusting. There are no people in the world who understand better...reaped the benefit of their superior genius, as they term it. Falsehood they look upon, in all cases where it facilitates their ends, not only justifiable... | |
 | Robert Grant Watson - Iran - 1866 - 488 pages
...quote from two — the late Sir H. Pottinger, and the late Sir J. Macdonald. The former writes: — "Among themselves, with their equals, the Persians...reaped the benefit of their superior genius, as they term it. Falsehood they look upon in all cases where it facilitates their ends, not only justifiable,... | |
 | Robert Grant Watson - Iran - 1866 - 494 pages
...quote from two — the late Sir H. Pottinger, and the late Sir J. Macdonald. The former writes : — " Among themselves, with their equals, the Persians...for detection when they have once reaped the benefit oftheir superior genius, as they term it. JFalsehopd they look upon in all cases where it facilitates... | |
 | Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1224 pages
...Turks. Among themselves, with their equals, the Persians of the higher classes who are settled in towns are affable and polite, to their superiors servile...and towards their inferiors haughty and domineering. Marriages are of two kinds, one the Aqdi, with a girl of the bridegroom's own rank, the other the Seegha,... | |
 | Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1210 pages
...Among themselves, with their equals, the Persians of the higher classes who are settled in towns arc affable and polite, to their superiors servile and...and towards their inferiors haughty and domineering. Marriages are of two kinds, one the Aqdi, with a girl of the bridegroom's own rank, the other the Seegha,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich - Afghanistan - 1910 - 604 pages
...with their equals, the Persians are affable and polite ; to their superiors, servile and obsequious ; towards their inferiors, haughty and domineering....ranks are equally avaricious, sordid, and dishonest. . . . Falsehood they look on ... as highly commendable, and good faith, generosity, and gratitude are... | |
 | Henry Pottinger - History - 2004 - 472 pages
...their infancy, dogmatical to a degree sometimes bordering on rudeness. Among themselves, wilb thoir equals, the Persians are affable and polite , to their...and domineering. All ranks are equally avaricious, fordid, .iriii dishonest, when they have an opportunity of being so ; nor do they care for detection... | |
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