Original edition - Published c1897 by Matsuki Heikichi
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he collected information on English and European merchants and "made diligent inquirie of such things as might yield any light unto our Westerne discoveries in America"
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The definitive early translation of the New Testament into Persian - Henry Martyn and Mirza Sayyid 'Ali - Calcutta printing in 1816 map Original edition - Published c1897"The New Testament of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, translated from the original Greek into Persian at Sheeraz [Shiraz] by the Rev. Henry Martyn, A. B., Late fellow of St. John's College [Cambridge], and Chaplain of the Bengal Establishment; with the assistance of Meerza Sueyid Ulee [Mirza Sayyid `Ali] of Sheeraz." Printed by P. Pereira, at the Hindoostanee Press, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, Calcutta, 1816 Complete English title +