Letter to the Marquis Wellesley (Add. 286)

<p style='text-align: justify;'>A large illuminated address, in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, with the following subscription in English:</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>“Soliman Aga Envoy from His Highness the Pashaw of Bagdad to His Excellency the most Noble the Marquis Wellesly Governor General of India etc., etc.” “Calcutta, 20 September, 1804.” </p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The surface of this sheet is divided into six double compartments (twelve in all) of which the upper four contain an Arabic, the middle four a Persian, and the lower four a Turkish inscription, all beautifully written on a flowered and illuminated ground, the first and last in a large thulth hand, in gilt characters; the Persian in ta'liq , in black characters on a gold ground with floral illuminations. This last runs as follows:</p><p style='text-align: justify;'><br />کرد انشا مدارس علم و هنر و اعلا<br />یافته کمال و معرفت ادنا و اعلا<br />در هفت آسمان ملایک گشتن دعا گو<br />به لارد ولزلی کشورگشا<br />۱۸۰۴</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Transcription produced by <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://kairawan.org/'>Kairawan AI</a></p> A large illuminated address, in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, with the following subscription in English:“Soliman Aga Envoy from His Highness the Pashaw of Bagdad to His Excellency the most Noble the Marquis Wellesly Governor General of India etc., etc.” “Calcutta, 20 September, 1804.” The surface of this sheet is divided into six double compartments (twelve in all) of which the upper four contain an Arabic, the middle four a Persian, and the lower four a Turkish inscription, all beautifully written on a flowered and illuminated ground, the first and last in a large thulth hand, in gilt characters; the Persian in ta'liq , in black characters on a gold ground with floral illuminations. This last runs as follows: کرد انشا مدارس علم و هنر و اعلا یافته کمال و معرفت ادنا و اعلا در هفت آسمان ملایک گشتن دعا گو به لارد ولزلی کشورگشا ۱۸۰۴Transcription produced by Kairawan AI