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IO Islamic 4233

Record Id:
032-004341913
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341913
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4233
Title:
Persian letter addressed to BEIC Court of Directors
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Hierarchy:
032-004341913
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1812
End Date:
1816
Date Range:
1812-1816
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51026511
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 4233

Persian letter addressed to BEIC Court of Directors

Contents

Large letter or murāsilah with seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh addressed to the ‘kursī nishīn va sāyir-i buzurgān-i kampanī’ or the Chairman, and Elders (or Directors) of the Company, mentioning Gore Ouseley as ambassador

Not dated

Very fine, bold and dynamic shikastah āmīz calligraphy

Cropped and mounted, stained

IOL stamp: 23 Nov 1926

Faint inscriptions on reverse: 1) describing leaf as a letter from the Court of Persia; 2) Received from Examiner's Office [20?] Aug. 1816

Language(s): Persian & English

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support: Paper backing
Extent: 1 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 686 × 441 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1812-1816 19th century CE ; Iran & India

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