A letter that is 110 years old!

This is a letter written by Naser-ed-Din Shah in his own hand writing, to his ambassador in London. This Shah ruled over Iran for nearly 50 years- between 1848-1896, and was assassinated in 1896 by a single bullet. This is a note he wrote to his ambassador about five months before his assassination:

“Agha Hassan* had no permission to travel to Europe. I do not know if you have issued him any. Anyway, he should be returned to Iran immediately. It is really, really bad if ordinary Iranians could travel to Europe like this. If travelling is not stopped, then, they would go in their tens of thousands and that would be truly disastrous”

*an ordinary Iranian

Was the Shah clever or stupid?
What do you think?