Letter from the Shah of Persia to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: A letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(2)). In the letter, the Shah petitions on behalf of Captain Isaac Hart, who has been in Persia training Persian troops. The Shah expresses his approbation for the services rendered by Captain Hart and requests that he receive the same ‘approbation and rewards’ as other officers who have been similarly engaged in Persia, who have been ‘munificently rewarded’ for their services by the Court of Directors.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 12 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/188).Physical description: Folio 1 comprises a large sheet which has been folded