Letter from 'Askar Khan to Napoleon I
| Date | 11 Sha'ban 1224 / 21.9.1809 - 21.9.1809 |
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| Content | Letter from 'Askar Khan, the Persian envoy in France, to Napoleon, written after the treaty of Finkenstein. He mentions Jaubert, Napoleon's secretary and interpreter. | |
| Type | namah | |
| Category | Letters and Correspondence | |
| Script | shikastah-nasta'liq | |
| Archive | Archives nationales (Paris) | |
| Publication | Qa'im-Maqami, Jahangir. Yaksad va panjah sanad-i tarikhi: az Jalayiriyan ta Pahlavi. Tihran: Chapkhanah-yi artish-i shahanshahi-yi Iran, 1348 (1969). 119-20 | |
| Keywords | diplomatic relations | envoy | Qajars | |
| Individuals | 'Askar Khan Afshar | Napoleon I | |
| Places | France | Iran | |
| Notes | The letter is undated. The date is given in the French translation of the letter (also in the "Archives nationales"). | |
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