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IO Islamic 4247

Record Id:
032-004341927
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4247
Title:
Fath Ali Shah's letter to Gore Ouseley on terms of treaty
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:
1815
End Date:
1815
Date Range:
1815-1815
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 4247

Fath Ali Shah's letter to Gore Ouseley on terms of treaty

Contents

1 copy of Farmān

Edict or farmān with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) and invocation, addressesed to Gore Ouseley, but unusually does not refer to him as the English ambassador or īlchī, mentions the receipt of his petition through Ḥakīm Kumayl and presentation through the interventions of senior courtiers; comments on the adequacy of preparations for travel; ends with praise and leave to make further inquiries

Dated: Shaʿbān 1230/July-August 1815

Clear and confident 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 impressions and signatures on the reverse: ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Mūsavī 1220; ʿAbd al-Vahhāb al-Mūsavī 1224; Muḥammad Shafīʿ 1218;

Watermark: Cyrillic inscriptions dated 1814

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

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Extent: 1 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 495 × 396 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1815-07-1815-08 Shaʿbān 1230 (July - August 1815) AH ; Iran & India

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