পারস্য-যাত্রী
রবীন্দ্রনাথের পারস্যভ্রমণের ফলে পারস্য-সরকার বিশ্বভারতীতে পারসিক সংস্কৃতির আলোচনার জন্য একটি অধ্যাপকপদের সৃষ্টি করেন। এই প্রসঙ্গে যে পত্রবিনিময় হয় তাহা নিম্নে মুদ্রিত হইল।
Let me assure you, Sir, that the association we have formed during your short visit to our country has been of the most pleasant and the most everlasting type. Though your sojourn in this country has been rather a short one, yet the memory of it will remain in our minds for ever to remind us for ever of your charming personality and your beautiful words.
Cultural and spiritual bonds have been in existence between Iran and India from very ancient days; but your visit to this land has renewed and strengthened these already existing bonds, which will be of mutual benefit for both countries.
It is with extreme pleasure that I wish to disclose the intention of His Majesty’s Government to create a Chair for Persian Culture in your University—a decision which has been taken with the permission of H. I. Majesty and in anticipation of your own sanction. The Ministry of Education has received orders to materialise this plan; and you will undoubtedly be supplied with the details of the situation.
Please accept my sincere wishes for the successful continuation of your blessed life and my best wishes for a bon voyage.
M. A. FOROUGHI
The Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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