'Substance of a Firman from His Majesty Fath Ally Shah to Sir Harford Jones Baronet and KC'
Date:
1810/1810
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a firman from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fath Ally Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones. The firman concerns an incident in which the Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], Suliman Pacha [Sulayman Pasha] entreated the protection and support of the Persian Governor of Kermunshah [Kermanshah] and Lurestan [Lorestan], Mohammed Ally Meerza [Muhammad Ali Mirza Qajar], in opposing the Ottoman Sultan (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/84). The firman informs Jones that responsibility for the Persian frontier with the Ottoman Empire at Bagdad has been placed in the hands of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza].The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 November 1810, which was received on 11 March 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)