IO Islamic 4236 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Persian letter addressed to BEIC Court of Directors
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Large letter or manshūr with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) addressed to the ‘kursī nishīn va pāʾīnān-i kursī nishīnān-i kampanī’ or the Chairman and Directors of the Company, mentioning Gore Ouseley as ambassador and his priviliges, and his departure after concluding treaties
Not dated
Good shikastah āmīz
Irregularly cropped, stained, old fold lines and creases
IOL stamp: 23 Nov 1926
Inscribed on reverse: 1) ‘His Persian Majesty to the Honorable Chairman & Deputy Chairman of the Honorable Court of E. I. Directors’; 2) ‘Received from the Examiner's Office 18th Nov. 1819’
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