IO Islamic 4237 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Fath Ali Shah's letter addressed to Gore Ouseley
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Large letter or manshūr with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) and invocation, mentioning the receipt of petitions from Gore Ouseley as ambassador, and his departure to the port of Abūshahr (Bushire). Mīrzā Muḥammad Zakī the mustawfī-yi dīvān-i aʿlá is sent on ahead to prepare the sharāʾiṭ-i mihmāndārī or hospitality
Dated: Rabīʿ I 1226/March-April 1811
Rough 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
Inscribed on reverse with signatures and seals: Muḥammad Ḥusayn; Muḥammad ʿAlī; Muḥammad Shafīʿ; ʿAbd al-Vahhāb al-Mūsavī; Muḥammad Naqī; Muḥammad Kāẓim; Muḥammad Muqīm; Muḥammad ALY (?) 1222; Muḥammad Yūsuf
Watermark: bear with axe in crowned roundel separately dated 1808; additional Cyrillic inscription
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