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IO Islamic 4239

Record Id:
032-004341919
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4239
Title:
Fath Ali Shah's instructions to Iranian ministers regarding Gore Ouseley
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1812
End Date:
1812
Date Range:
1812-1812
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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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 4239

Fath Ali Shah's instructions to Iranian ministers regarding Gore Ouseley

Contents

Large letter or manshūr with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) and invocation, instructing to his ministers, Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafīʿ the ṣadr-i aʿẓam or prime minister, Amīn al-Dawlah, and Ḥājī Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān the mustawfī al-mamālik or state chancellor, to ratify and publish copies of the treaty or ʿaḥd'nāmah signed with Gore Ouseley as the English ambassador

Dated: Muḥarram 1227/January-February 1812

Shikastah āmīz; gold ṭughrā style invocation and shikastah āmīz invocation at top

Irregularly cropped, stained, old fold lines and creases; paper backing

IOL stamp: 1 May 1919

Watermark: 1) Cyrillic inscription; 2) dated 1810; 3) large shield with two standing figures, surrounded by ornament and a Cyrillic cipher below

Language(s): Persian & English & Russian

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Extent: 1 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 441 × 336 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1812-01-1812-02 Muḥarram 1227 (January - February 1812) AH ; Iran & India

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