IO Islamic 4235 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Persian letter addressed to BEIC Court of Directors
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Large letter or murāsilah lacking seal or invocation addressed to the ‘kursī nishīn va sāyir-i aʿāẓim-i buzurgān-i kampanī’ or the Chairman, and Elders (or Directors) of the Company, mentioning Gore Ouseley as ambassador
Not dated
Clear shikastah āmīz
Irregularly cropped, stained, old fold lines
IOL stamp: 23 Nov 1926
Reverse with seal of Prime Minister Muḥammad Shafīʿ 1218
Inscribed on reverse: 1) ‘From one of the Persians of the Persian Court to the Chairman & Court of Directors - on the arrival of Sir Gore Ousley (sic) as Ambassador proposing to open a Correspondence’; 2) ‘Received from the Exam. Off. 30 Aug. 1815’
Watermark: 1) Cyrillic inscription; 2) dated 1801; 3) profile figure holding lance with rampant quadruped with scimitar in fenced encloser
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