Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4227 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Persian letter addressed to Jacob Bosanquet

Contents

1 copy of Murāsilah

Large letter or murāsilah lacking any seal, header, or invocation addressed to Jacob Bosanquet, noting the departure of Sir Harford Jones, Baronet (Sar Harfurd Juns Bārūnat ṣāḥib Bahādur)

Dated Rabīʿ II 1226 (corrected from 1228)/April-May 1811

Cropped and mounted

IOL stamp: 23 Nov 1926

English translations (IO Islamic 4228 & IO Islamic 4228B) refer to the letter ending with a seal that is not present, indicating the letter has been cropped and is not in its original condition

Seal of ʿAbbās Mīrzā on reverse: durrī dar pāy-i khusraw, ʿAbbās

Language(s): Persian & English
Title: Murāsilah

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Support: Paper backing
Extent: 4 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 584 × 392 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: Rabīʿ II 1226 (April - May 1811) AH ; Iran & India

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