‘Translation of a letter from His Excellency Meerza Mohammed Sheffea Prime Minister to H.M. the King of Persia, to the Honble the Chairman of the Honble the Court of Directors of the Honble East India Company committed to the care of Meerza Abdul Hassan Persian Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of London’
‘Translation of a letter from His Excellency Meerza Mohammed Sheffea Prime Minister to H.M. the King of Persia, to the Honble the Chairman of the Honble the Court of Directors of the Honble East India Company committed to the care of Meerza Abdul Hassan Persian Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of London’
‘Translation of a letter from His Excellency Meerza Mohammed Sheffea Prime Minister to H.M. the King of Persia, to the Honble the Chairman of the Honble the Court of Directors of the Honble East India Company committed to the care of Meerza Abdul Hassan Persian Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of London’
Date:
1809/1809
Description:
Abstract: A translation of a letter from Meerza Mohammed Sheffea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister (Sadr-e 'Azam or Grand Vizier) of Persia [Iran], to the Chairman of Court of Directors of the East India Company, conveying ‘sentiments of esteem & friendship’. It was translated into English from Persian by the interpreter Lieutenant Henry Willock of the Madras Cavalry.The verso of the last folio indicates that it was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, to the Chairman dated 3 May 1809, and that it was received via James Justinian Morier, Jones’s secretary, on 5 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)