AN OFFICIAL COMMISSIONING DOCUMENT
Late Qajar Iran, dated 1923

Persian manuscript and print on paper, the Ministry of Interiors document with 6ll of black ink nasta'liq text dispatching Mr. Shariq al-Dawla as deputy governor of Shemiranat (a collection of villages and orchards North of Tehran) for the monthly salary of 'sixty toomans', the top stamped with the emblem of the Qajar government and the name of the ministry in thuluth script, signed, and dated 28 Dalv (Bahman/Aquarius) 1302 Shamsi Hijri (17 February 1923), numbered '2993', in a double mount, glazed and framed, the document 39.3cm x 28cm, 53cm x 40cm including the frame.

Provenance: Bonhams Knightsbridge, 18 June 2013, lot 246.