‘Translation of a Firman from His Majesty the King of Persia to H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza’
IOR/L/PS/9/70/133
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 1826. 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 translation of a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). (order) from the King of Persia, Fath Ali Shah [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the Heir Apparent of Persia, Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). orders that the Russian Minister sent to negotiate the frontier dispute in the Caucasus with Persia [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], who has been detained at Erivan [Yerevan], should be allowed to return to Russia, and indicates that Major William Monteith has been sent to escort the Russian Minister across the border between Russia and Persia.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).
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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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- 1826 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Shah of PersiaCrown Prince of Persia
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- ‘Translation of a Firman from His Majesty the King of Persia to H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza’
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- 1r:2v
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- Qājār, Fath-‘Ali Shāh
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