File:A Royal Qajar firman of Naser al-Din Shah to Mu'tamid al-Sultan Reza Khan, Persia, dated 1886.jpg
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English: A Royal Qajar firman of Naser al-Din Shah to Mu'tamid al-Sultan Reza Khan, Persia, dated 1886
Ink, gold and gouache on paper 71 by 44.3cm. Persian manuscript on paper, 8 lines to the page, written in large nasta'liq script in black ink within cloud bands against a gold ground sprinkled with flowers, interspersed with panels of interlacing leafy fronds in gold, surmounted by an illuminated quatrefoil motif in colours and gold enclosing the seal of Nasr al-Din Shah, ruled in blue, red and gold, pink outer margins, various seals to reverse Catalogue Note This firman of Nasr al-Din Shah to Mu'tamid al-Sultan Reza Khan conerns the duties that the latter performed well at the consulate in Tiblisi. As a result he is rewarded with the rank of 'General Ajudan' and an annual salary increase of 500 tumans. This was awarded on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yahya Khan Mushir al-Dawla. Mirza Reza Khan, later known as 'Prince' and titled Arfa' al-Dawla, was a poet with the pen name Danesh, and also a diplomat of the late Qajar period. His main political career started at the consulate in Tiblisi from where he rose to become an interpreter to Nasr al-Din Shah, and helped with the dispites between Russia and Iran regarding the boundaries of Khurasan. Among his posts were the Consul-General in Tiblisi, Persian Minister to the Russian Court, and Ambassador to the Ottoman Court. |
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