Translation of a firman from His Majesty the King of Persia to His Royal Highness the Prince of Fars
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 41-42
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in fl 1817. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). regards the arrival of an ambassador to Russia within the province of Azerbaijan with instructions to extend friendship and amity to Persia, and bearing expensive gifts as offerings to the friendship, and instructs the Prince on how to conduct his government and people in relation to this firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). .
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 41-42
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- fl 1817 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 41-42
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- Translation of a firman from His Majesty the King of Persia to His Royal Highness the Prince of Fars
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- 41v:42r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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