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IOR/L/PS/9/70/130
- Record Id:
- 041-003357078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000311
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125652435.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/70/130
- Title:
- Letter from the Shah of Persia, Futteh Ali Shah, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, written in the month of Sufr [Safar] AH 1242 [c September 1826] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (2)). In the letter, Futteh Ali Shah praises the conduct of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, for his services to the Persian army and in his capacity as Chargé d’Affaires, on the occasion of Willock’s return to England due to his replacement as the British representative in Persia by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir.
These documents were originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company of 15 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/129).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003356948
041-003357078 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/70 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 : Letter from the Shah of Persia, Futteh Ali Shah, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0004]/040-003356948[0130]/041-003357078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (3 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000311
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1821
- End Date:
- 1831
- Date Range:
- c Sep 1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio 1 comprises a large sheet which has been folded.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)