Letter from Shah Quli Khan to Louis XIV
| Date | 7 Shavval 1119 - 2 Ramazan 1127 / 1.1.1708 - 1.9.1715 |
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| Content | Iran intends to strengthen its military relations with France and and asks the french government to send experts (ustadan) for producing shells (qanparah), guns (tufang) and cannons (tup). French warships should support the Iranian troops in the fight against Masqat. The sending of french clockmakers (sa'at-saz), clothweavers (landrah-baf) and stonemasons (sangtarash) is also requested. [document undated] | |
| Type | namah | |
| Category | Letters and Correspondence | |
| Script | shikastah-nasta'liq | |
| Archive | Archives des Affaires étrangères (Paris) | |
| Publication | Qa'im-Maqami, Jahangir. "Ravabit-i nizami-yi Iran va Faransah dar dawrah-yi safaviyah." Barrasi-ha-yi tarikhi 1, 1- 2 (1345/1966): 105-24. | |
| Keywords | diplomatic relations | envoy | economy | military | Safavids | |
| Individuals | Shahquli Khan | Michel, Pierre Victor | |
| Places | France | Masqat (Muscat) | Iran | |
| Notes | Date based on the period between the Franco-Persian treaty (1708) and the end of the reign of Louis XIV (1715). Also published in Qa'im-Maqami, Jahangir. Yaksad va panjah sanad-i tarikhi. Tihran, 1348 (1969). | |
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