Five Firmans and a Petition

QAJAR PERSIA, 1806 AND LATER

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Five Firmans and a Petition
Qajar Persia, 1806 and later
Persian manuscript on paper, with varying numbers of lines of black nasta'liq, two with illuminated headings, most with seals and signatures on verso, old crease marks, light staining and small damages, mounted, framed and glazed
Largest 22½ x 17¾in. (57 x 45cm.) (6)

拍品专文

The petition (arzdasht) is from Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qajar to Fath 'Ali Shah when he was commander-in-chief of the Qajar army. Mirza Muhammad 'Ali was ordered to carry out a general massacre, but the intervention of religious leaders and the Sayyids prevented this. In the petition he asks the King to be compassionate and forgiving.

A Firman issued under the seal of Fath 'Ali Shah regarding the appointment of Mirza Sayyid Muhammad Mujtahid al-Shu'ara as the head of royal archives in appreciation of his good services and excellent penmanship. It is dated Rajab AH 1226/1806 AD.

A Firman issued by Muhammad Shah Qajar under his seal and dated Safar 1244/1828 AD

A firman issued by Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar sanctioning a regular allowance of 400 toman to Jalal al-Din Mirza, his 58th son in response to a request. It is dated Safar AH 1277/1860 AD.

A Firman issued under the seal of Nasir al-Din Shah on the death of Jalal al-Din Mirza, son of Mu'ayyad al-Daula, making an annual grant of 537 toman to his descendants, and dated Rabi I AH 1300/1883 AD.

A firman of Nasir al-Din Shah regarding the grant of a hundred toman per annum to Agha Sayyid Reza and dated Jumad I AH 1304/1887 AD.