IO Islamic 4241 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Fath Ali Shah's letter to Gore Ouseley on a matter of internal military movements
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Large letter or manshūr with the seal of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (dated 1217/1802) and invocation, addressesed to Gore Ouseley, the English ambassador, mentioning the unexpected plans for the forward movement of his true son (a guest with the Nāʾib al-Salṭanah), Shaykh ʿAlī Khān and their party from Dāghistān
Dated: Shaʿbān 1227/August-September 1812
Squat and malformed shikastah āmīz; gold ṭughrā style invocation and shikastah āmīz invocation at top
Irregularly cropped, stained, old fold lines, creases, degraded repairs over large holes
IOL stamp: 1 May 1919
Seals impressions on the reverse: Muḥammad Ḥusayn; Muḥammad Yūsuf; Muḥammad ALY (?) 1222; Muḥammad Ṣādiq 1218; Muḥammad Shafīʿ 1218; ʿAbd al-Vahhāb al-Mūsavī; Faraydūn [Mīrzā] 1224; Muḥammad Kāẓim 12...(?)
Watermark: 1) Cyrillic inscription; 2) date below 1811; 3) profile figure holding lance with rampant quadruped with scimitar in fenced encloser
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