‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎46] (63/578)

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PERSIA—NO. Ill—1801.
period, tlie foundations of union and friendship have been cemented, and the habits
of amity and intercourse have been increased between the ministers of the Persian
State, of eternal duration, and the ministers of the high government of the refulgent
sun of the skv of royalty, greatness, and eminence, the sovereign of the countries of
England and India ; and as various engagements and Treaties, calculated for
duration and permanence, and for mutual good understanding, have been con
tracted, therefore this command from the Palace of Glory, requiring obedience,
has been proclaimed, that you, high in rank, do cheerfully comply and execute the
clear sense and meaning of what has been established ; and should ever any person
of the French nation attempt to pass your ports or boundaries, or desire to establish
themselves either on the shores or frontiers, you are to take means to expel and
extirpate them, and never to allow them to obtain a footing in any place, and you
are at full liberty and authorised to disgrace and slay them. You are to look upon
it as your duty to aid and act in a friendly manner to all traders, merchants, and
men of rank of the English nation ; all such you are to consider as possessing the
favour of the king ; and you must act in conformity to the conditions of the annexed
Treaty that has been concluded between the trustworthy of the high State, the
bracelet of the graceful government Hajee Ibrahim Khan and the high in rank,
Captain John Malcolm. View this as an obligation.
Dated the 12th of Shaban, in the year of the Hegira 1215* corresponding with
the- of January A.D. 1801.
Sealed in the usual form, on the back of the Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). , by the following
ministers
Seal of Hajee Ibrahim Khan.
Seal of Mirza Heza Kottlt.
Seal of Mirza Keezy.
Seal of Mirza Mortiza Kouli.
Seal of Mirza Shuffee.
Seal of Mirza Asfud Oollah.
Seal of Mirza Aumud.
Seal of Mtrz \ Fuzullah.
Seal of Mirza Yusoof.
Treaty annexed.
Preamble .—Praise be unto God, who said, “ Oh you who believe, perform your
contracts, perform your covenants with God, when you enter into covenant with
him, and violate not your engagements after the ratification thereof.” After the
voice is raised to the praise and glory of the God of the world, and the brain is
perfumed with the scent of the saints and prophets (to whom be health and glory)
whose rare perfections are perpetually chaunted by birds of the melodious notes,f
furnished with two, three, and four pairs of wings, and to the highest seated in the
heavens, for whom good has been predestinated, and the perfume mixed with musk,
which scenteth the celestial mansions of those that sing hymns in the ethereal
sphere, and to the light of the flame of the Most High, which gives irradiated
The corresponding date of the Christian era is 29th December 1800.
f Metaphorically, Angels.