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11. IOR/R/15/1/150, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter General No. 184 of 1856 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Richard W Stevens, HM Consul at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is enquiring whether the prohibition on the export of grain from Persia has been amended or rescinded; the Resident believes that 'natives' may have exported grain while British merchants have been restricted by the limitation. It requests that a circular is issued if a favourable rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1856
Extent:

2 folios

12. IOR/R/15/1/150, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150, f 12
Title:
Letter No. 56 of 1856 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Commissioner in Scinde [Sind]
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to the proposal to extend telegraphic communication from Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Constantinople via the Persian Gulf. It explains that the Resident does not conceive the proposal to be practical, and cites the lack of control of the Turkish Government over some of its territo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1856
Extent:

1 folio

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