'Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan to Mirza Moosa Minister to the Prince of Khorasan'
Date:
1818/1819
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan [Shīrdil Khan Bārakzāy], the Governor of Ghazni, to Mirza Moosa [Mirza Mūsá], the Minister of the Prince of Khorasan. The letter details the overthrow of Shah Mahmood [Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī] by Sheer Dil Khan and his brothers following the capture and blinding of their brother Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy], and their dispatch of an envoy to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā) in the hope of negotiating an alliance with Persia [Iran].The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William of 30 March 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)