'Translation of a Letter from His Majesty Fatteh Ali Shah to His Excellency the Right Honorable Gilbert Lord Minto Governor General of India'

IOR/L/PS/9/68/126

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 1812. 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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Copy of a translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fatteh Ali Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to the Governor-General of India [Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William], Lord Minto. The letter contains effusions of friendship from the Shah, and congratulates Lord Minto on his recent victories, the Shah having been fully apprised of Lord Minto’s role as Governor-General by HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley.

The letter was enclosed in Ouseley’s dispatch No. 3 to Lord Minto of 2 February 1812 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/123).

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/126
Date(s): 1812 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Diplomacy
People & organisations: Shah of Persia

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/126
Title: 'Translation of a Letter from His Majesty Fatteh Ali Shah to His Excellency the Right Honorable Gilbert Lord Minto Governor General of India'
Pages: 1r:1v
Author: Qājār, Fath-‘Ali Shāh
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/126
Title: 'Translation of a Letter from His Majesty Fatteh Ali Shah to His Excellency the Right Honorable Gilbert Lord Minto Governor General of India'
Pages: 2r:2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence