Letter from the Shah of Persia, Futteh Ali Shah, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter
Date:
1821/1831
Description:
Abstract: Letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, written in the month of Sufr [Safar] AH 1242 [c September 1826] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (2)). In the letter, Futteh Ali Shah praises the conduct of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, for his services to the Persian army and in his capacity as Chargé d’Affaires, on the occasion of Willock’s return to England due to his replacement as the British representative in Persia by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir.These documents were originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company of 15 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/129).Physical description: Folio 1 comprises a large sheet which has been folded.