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IO Islamic 4225

Record Id:
032-004341904
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4225
Title:
Persian letter of Muhammad Shafi‘ addressed to Jacob Bosanquet
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
4 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1812
End Date:
1812
Date Range:
1812
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Jones, Harford, Baronet, 1764-1847,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008365013X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24503113
Jones, Harford, Baronet, 1764-1847,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008365013X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24503113
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4225

Persian letter of Muhammad Shafi‘ addressed to Jacob Bosanquet

Contents

1 copy of Murāsilah

Four detached leaves consisting of material relating to the Persian correspondence of Muḥammad Shafīʿ, the Qajar Prime Minister, with Jacob Bosanquet regarding Sir Harford Jones, ambassador appointed by the British Government

F. 1r: Large letter or murāsilah lacking any seal, header, or invocation recognising Sir Harford Jones, Baronet (Sar Harfurd Juns Bārūnat ṣāḥib bahādur) as the appointed ṣafīr or ambassador of the English (Ingalīs); not dated; transcribed in rough shikastah āmīz, cropped and mounted with cloth backing; faint IOL stamp impression dated [2]3 Nov 1926; 674 x 400 mm; English translation (IO Islamic 4226) refers to the letter ending with the seal of Muhammad Safi (sic), which is not present, indicating the letter has been cropped and is not in its original condition; old fold lines; stains

F. 2r: Narrow horizontal slip, probably part of the original pale blue paper cover to f. 1, with a Persian inscription addressing the murāsilah to Jacob Bosanquet (mistar Yaʿqūb Buzunkit), the buzurg-i kūmpānī, the East India Company Chairman; inscription erased on lower left edge; IOL stamp impression dated 23 Nov 1926; 303 x 84 mm

F. 3r: Narrow horizontal slip, probably part of the original pale blue paper cover to f. 1, with a Persian inscription addressing the murāsilah to Jacob Bosanquet (mistar Yaʿqūb Buzunkit); inscription erased on lower left edge (possibly an invocation); IOL stamp impression dated 23 Nov 1926; 325 x 80 mm

F. 4r: Note, possibly the original envelop opened out, stating in an English hand, ‘Four Persian Letters delivered to the Court by Sir Harford Jones, Translations of which were delivered to the Chairman 3d. March 1812 by C.W. with… [gap and new paragraph] Their Translations (delivd. to Deputy 3d. March 1812)’; IOL stamp impression dated 23 Nov 1926; 230 x 189 mm; old fold lines; stains

Language(s): Persian & English
Title: Murāsilah
Title: مراسله

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support: Cloth and paper
Extent: 4 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 674 × 400 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1812 1812 CE ; Iran & India

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