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1221. IOR/L/PS/9/76/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/225
Title:
Report on the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]
Scope & Content:
A report written in French and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 23 April 1802, relaying information received from a messenger from Tahran [Tehran] concerning the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]. The report describes a siege of Herat led by Chah Zadé Kaisser [Shāhzādeh Qaiṣar] and rumours of attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

1222. IOR/L/PS/9/67/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/24
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir George Canning, Foreign Secretary
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The letter mostly discusses the reported signing of a treaty between Persia and France. Jones also forwards copies of his correspondence (not in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1808-Dec 1808
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

1223. IOR/L/PS/9/67/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/28
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran]. The letter discusses Brigadier-General John Malcolm's mission as the Supreme Government of India's Envoy to Persia in relation to Jones's mission, and the reasons behind Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1808-13 Dec 1808
Extent:

1 item (6 folios)

1224. IOR/L/PS/9/67/61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/61
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Captain Charles Pasley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Captain Charles Pasley, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 29 December 1808, concerning the planned occupation of Karrack [Khārg] island as part of a new defence strategy in the region. The letter requests that Pasley prepare to join Malc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1808
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

1225. IOR/L/PS/9/67/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/65
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 24 December 1809. The letter concerns relations with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1809
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

1226. IOR/L/PS/9/67/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/91
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp at Abusheher [Būshehr] and dated 23 March 1810. The letter covers: Malcolm’s reception ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

1227. IOR/L/PS/9/68/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/72
Title:
Letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, of 22 August 1810. The letter relates to the return of the Persian Ambassador to France, Askar Khan [Askar Khan ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

1228. IOR/L/PS/9/71/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/26
Title:
‘Translation of a letter from H. R. H. Abbas Meerza to H. E. the Kaim Makaum’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to his Vizier, the Kaim Makaum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

1229. IOR/L/PS/9/71/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/59
Title:
Original Letter from Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Original letter, in Persian, from Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/59 (1)), and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/59 (2)). Mirza Abul Hassan Khan discusses t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1827
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

1230. IOR/L/PS/9/71/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/65
Title:
Letter from Abbas Meerza to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Letter, in Persian, from Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/65 (1)) and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/65 (2)). Abbas Meerza raises the stipulation in Anglo-Persian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Oct 1827
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)