Letter from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Marquis Wellesley
Date:
1811/1811
Description:
Abstract: A letter, numbered 13, from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Marquis Wellesley, of 16 December 1811. In the letter Ouseley reports the politeness and attentions paid to him by the Shah, including his having been assigned a guard of honour and the distinction of being attended by two Yesawils [Yasavul, a term of Mongolian origin which gives the meaning of a guard], rather than one as is customary.The letter was enclosed in Ouseley’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 5 January 1812 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/112), which was received from HM Secretary of State’s office on 1 July 1812.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)