Farman by Fath-'Ali Shah
| Date | 1 Muharram 1228 - 10 Muharram 1228 / 4.1.1813 - 13.1.1813 |
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| Content | Due to a famine in the province Fars, Fath-'Ali Shah orders the local governor to sell all the existing food stocks at an adequate price to the people in need. He also announces the dispatch of caravans with wheat from Tihran and other places of Western Iran ('Iraq), which would be delayed as a result of the 'Ashura ceremonies. | |
| Type | farman | |
| Category | Imperial and Royal Decrees | |
| Script | shikastah-nasta'liq | |
| Archive | Karimzadah-yi Tabrizi, Muhammad 'Ali (private collection) | |
| Publication | Karimzadah-yi Tabrizi, Muhammad 'Ali. "Chand farman-i tarikhi." Barrasi-ha-yi tarikhi 5, 5 (1349/1970): 179-91. 183- 85, 189 | |
| Keywords | peasants | famine | Qajars | |
| Individuals | Fath-'Ali Shah Qajar | |
| Places | Iraq | Tihran | Fars | Shiraz | |
| Notes | As Fath-'Ali Shah refers to the 'Ashura ceremonies within the farman, its date can be limited to the first decade of the month Muharram. | |
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