Typescript letter sgined 'Javid' in English, with its original envelope, addressed to Turkish philologist Sevindik Hanim.

Typescript letter sgined 'Javid' in English, with its original envelope, addressed to Turkish philologist Sevindik Hanim.

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JAVID GHEITANCHI, (Iranian philologist and writer of a biography of 'James Justinian Morier').

TLS., Dated 4th May, Tehran, Iran, 1969.

Original typewritten letter signed by Dr. Javid Gheitanchi, with its original envelope, addressed to Turkish philologist Sevindik Hanim. 27x21,5 cm. In English. 1 p. After a short introduction on giving his open address and his excuses for such a long time he did not write to her, he mentions 'No Rooz' [Newroz, or, i.e. The New Day]. celebrations in Iran. 23 lines. Dated 4th May 1969, Tehran. Javid Gheitanchi is the writer of the only biography of James Justinian Morier, /1780-1849), who was a British diplomat and author noted for his novels about the Qajar dynasty in Iran, most famously for the Hajji Baba series. (Adventures of Hajji Baba) which is criticized for his 'Hajji Baba' texts.