The item consists of correspondence relating to British policy in Persia [Iran]. The correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia in Tehran. The main focus of the papers is the quest...
Memo respecting the interference of the Resident of Bushire for effecting the liberation of Mahomed Nebee Khan from confinement in which he had been placed by the Persian Governor of Fars
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The item consists of a memorandum, dated 23 July 1819, concerning British attempts to persuade the Prince-Governor of Fars to release from prison Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī], the former Persian [Iranian] Ambassador to the Government of India. The memorandum provides background...
Copy of a Minute by the Governor General dated 7th July 1819 - relative to the execution of the Killedar of Talneir
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The item consists of a minute, dated 7 July 1819, by Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings. The minute discusses the conduct of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Commander-in-Chief at Fort St George, Madras [Chennai], who authorised the execution of the Killedar [Killidar] of Talneir [Thalner] foll...
Memo respecting an arrangement with the Persian Government in favor of Mahomed Nebee Khan, at Bushire
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The item consists of a memorandum, dated 23 July 1819, concerning British attempts to persuade the Prince-Governor of Fars to release from prison Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī], the former Persian [Iranian] Ambassador to the Government of India. The memorandum provides backgroun...
Notes from Major Willock's Dispatches to the Secret Committee
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The item consists of notes relating to communications sent by Major Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran, to the Secret Committee, dated between 24 February and 17 April 1820. A list of the dispatches referred to in the notes is given on folio 501 and these...
Allowances to Officers employed in disciplining the Persian Army
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The item consists of a memorandum regarding extra allowances accorded to several British officers on account of their extra expenses while on duty in Persia [Iran] or their employment in training the Persian Army. Officers mentioned are Lieutenant Charles Christie, Lieutenant Henry Lindesay, Ensi...
The item consists of a memorandum, dated 14 March 1822, relating to the 1820 and 1821 expeditions against the Beni Boo Ali [Banū Bū ‘Alī], inhabitants of Jalan province and nominally under the authority of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The justifications for th...
Letters from Sir Gore Ouseley to the Secret Committee
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The item consists of correspondence relating to the embassy of Sir Gore Ouseley to the Court of Persia [Iran]. The letters are principally from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors. Matters covered by the papers include: The progress of Ouseley’s mission, including his journ...
Despatches Relating to Expeditions to the Persian Gulph, 1819-1821
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The volume comprises copies and extracts of correspondence, with enclosures, relating to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] Expedition of 1819 against the Joasmees [al-Qāsimī] at Rasul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, various spellings in this volume] who the British deemed guilty of acts of ‘piracy’ in th...
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
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The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and events following the Armistice signed in Paris, 4 March 1857, notably intelligence, military, administrative, diplomatic and financial matters. A large proportion of the letters are o...