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IO Islamic 4245

Record Id:
032-004341925
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341925
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4245
Title:
Fath Ali Shah's letter to Gore Ouseley on import of weapons
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1813
End Date:
1813
Date Range:
1813
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 4245

Fath Ali Shah's letter to Gore Ouseley on import of weapons

Contents

1 copy of Farmān

Edict or farmān with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) and invocation, addressesed to Gore Ouseley, the English ambassador, noting the submission of his petition and the need for another treaty; also mentions the appointment of the courtier, Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān, travel companion of Ouseley, to the task of receiving the armoury or qūr'khānah, gunnery or tūp'khānah, and magazine or bārūṭ'khānah, etc., an honour previously denied; expects Ouseley to conduct himself with utmost diligence with frequent petitions as reports

Dated: Rajab 1228/July 1813

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

Irregularly cropped, stained, old fold lines, and creases

IOL stamp: 1 May 1919

Seal impression on the reverse: Muḥammad Shafīʿ 1218

Watermark: Cyrillic inscription without visible date

Language(s): Persian & English & Russian
Title: Farmān
Title: فرمان

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Extent: 1 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 434 × 321 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1813-07 Rajab 1228 AH; July 1813 CE ; Iran & India

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