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1. IOR/G/29/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/26
Title:
Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia: copies of his letters and enclosures to the Governor-General, Fort William
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and enclosures from Captain John Malcolm, British Envoy at Abusheher [Bushehr, various spellings appear in the volume] to the Earl of Mornington, Governor-General, Fort William (Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess, Wellesley, spelled Marquis in the volume). Letters were a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1799-31 Jul 1801
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/38, ff 240-243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 240-243
Title:
Papers tending to prove the apprehensions entertained by our Governments in India of an invasion of Hindostan by Zemaun Shah during the administration of Lord Wellesley, and shewing that the Embassy to Persia was undertaken for the purpose of creating a diversion against the Shah
Scope & Content:
The item consists of abstracts of political and secret letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. The letters date from 3 October 1798 to 28 September 1801 and concern attempts by Zaman Shah Durrani [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] to conquer Hindostan [subcontinental India] and British efforts to co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1807
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)