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1. IOR/L/PS/9/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67
Title:
Letters from Persia
Scope & Content:
Letters and enclosures received by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company concerning the relations of the United Kingdom and the Government of Bengal with Qājār Persia [Iran] between 1799 and 1812. The file focusses on the three missions of John Malcolm to Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1799-1812
Extent:
5 boxes, 138 items

2. IOR/L/PS/9/67/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/6
Title:
‘Statement of the Fixed Revenues of Persia.’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a statement of the fixed revenues of Persia [Iran]. It includes columns showing the following (in tomans and dinars): the amount of revenue, the total amount of revenue, the amount of moostamaree to be deducted, the total amount of moostamaree to be deducted, and the net amount of reve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1811
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/67/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/11
Title:
‘Memorandum Respecting the Trade with Persia. –’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a memorandum on trade between Great Britain and Persia [Iran], and competition from trade between Russia and Persia, by Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]. The memorandum was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1809-5 Dec 1809
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/67/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/5
Title:
Notes for a Memorandum on the Revenues of Persia
Scope & Content:
A copy of notes for a memorandum on the revenues of Persia [Iran]. The verso of the last folio (folio 8) states that it was received via the ship Exeter on 8 August 1811.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1811
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/67/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/3
Title:
‘Abstract of the Routes of Lieutts Christie and Pottinger. 1810-’
Scope & Content:
A copy of an abstract describing the overland routes to Persia [Iran] taken by Lieutenants Charles Christie and Henry Pottinger from the port of Sonmeany [Sonmiani], for the purpose of exploring Siestan [Sistan] and Baloochistan [Balochistan], on the instructions of Brigadier-General John Malcol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1810-8 Aug 1811
Extent:

1 item (14 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/67/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/95
Title:
Copy of the Secret Minutes
Scope & Content:
An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 3 July 1807, signed by Charles Grant and Edward Parry, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors. The Committee orders that Sir Harford Jones be reimbursed £2000 fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1807
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/67/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/107
Title:
Letter from Sir Patrick Murray to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Patrick Murray, Secretary of the Board of Control, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 13 March 1810. The letter grants permission to the Secret Committee to share dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraord...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/67/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/4
Title:
‘Abstract of Captain Grants Journal of a Route through the Western parts of Mekran’
Scope & Content:
A copy of an abstract of the journal of Captain Charles Grant, recording his journey through the western parts of Mekran [Makran], on the orders of Brigadier-General John Malcolm, for the main purpose of ascertaining how a European army could travel through this region to Scind [Sindh]. The copy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1809-1811
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/67/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/34
Title:
Extract of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translated extract from an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 28 Moharram 1216 AH [10 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports a battle near Ghizni [Ghaznī] l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 June 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/67/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/35
Title:
Translation of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translation of an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 1 Safar 1216 AH [14 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports the defection of Ahmed Khan Noorzee [Nūrzai]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)