3-053-641 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Shah's signature in the Visitors' Book at Haworth's Mills, Manchester, 1873. The Shah of Persia visits Salford to see the cotton-mills of Messrs. Haworth and Co. 'Before quitting the factory the Shah saw two finished pieces of cotton branded with an inscription in Persian, and in the same language he wrote in the visitors' book a record of his visit, of which this is a translation: "During my visit to Manchester I have gone through these works with pleasure, and I write my name in this book as a souvenir of my visit".' From "Illustrated London News", 1873.