'Translation of a Letter from His Majesty Fatteh Ali Shah to His Excellency the Right Honorable Gilbert Lord Minto Governor General of India'
Date:
1812/1812
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fatteh Ali Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to the Governor-General of India [Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William], Lord Minto. The letter contains effusions of friendship from the Shah, and congratulates Lord Minto on his recent victories, the Shah having been fully apprised of Lord Minto’s role as Governor-General by HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley.The letter was enclosed in Ouseley’s dispatch No. 3 to Lord Minto of 2 February 1812 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/123).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)