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Subject Gifts Name Shāh of Persia, Qājār dynasty, 1794-1925

1. IOR/F/4/1060/29120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1060/29120
Title:
‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay relating to gifts of glassware and porcelain for the King of Persia and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. In particular, the extracts are concerned with the decision to detain, in India, the gl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1824-23 Nov 1825
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/68/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/137
Title:
Copy of a Letter from HM Ambassador to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tabriz, to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tabriz, to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of 15 July 1813, which was received on 11 January 1814. The letter encloses a firman [order] and its translation (not included ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1813
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/68/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/138
Title:
'Translation of a Firman from His Majesty Futteh Ali Shah to the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company'
Scope & Content:
Translation of a firman [order] from the Shah of Persia, Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The firman expresses the Shah’s gratitude and amity to the Court of Directors for the provision of a gift of a large number of China porcelain piec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/68/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/139
Title:
Firman from the Shah of Persia, Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Firman [order] from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The firman expresses the Shah’s gratitude and amity to the Court of Directors for the provision of a present of a large number of China porcelain pieces to the Shah. The firm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/69/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/114
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabriz and dated 6 August 1822. The letter reports that Mr Edward James Matthews has successfully delivered gifts from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1822
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/115
Title:
Letter of thanks from the Shah of Persia to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār, Shah of Persia [Iran], to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, expressing thanks for the gifts delivered by Edward James Matthews. The letter was delivered by Matthews in June 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1822
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/70/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/145
Title:
‘Translation of a Memorandum transmitted by the Shah to Colonel Macdonald for certain Articles which H.M. solicits may be provided for him by E. I. Company’
Scope & Content:
The translation of a memorandum from the Shah of Persia [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The memorandum lists articles that the Shah wishes for Macdonald Kinneir to procure for him, including firearms, spec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1826
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)