Original Letter from Abbas Meerza to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Original letter, in Persian, from Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, Hugh Primrose Lindsay (IOR/L/PS/9/71/152 (1)), and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/152 (2)). The letter was received on 25 February 1828. In the letter, Abbas Meerza expresses his satisfaction with the services rendered to Persia [Iran] by Captain Isaac Hart of the 65th Regiment of Foot, and requests that the Duke of Wellington be solicited so that a ‘special mark of favour’ may be bestowed upon Hart.Physical description: The first folio comprises a large sheet which has been folded