Compensation Claim Made by the Persian Merchant Hajee Moosa Meymenee
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This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 8 of 1873, dated 17 January 1873. The enclosures are dated from 3 November to 20 December 1872 and concern a claim for compensat...
Regarding Monsieur Lederer and his Passage to Bussorah [Basra]
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This item consists primarily of two letters between the Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Governor-General of India, dated between 22 August and 2 September 1839. It relates to an Austrian gentleman named Monsieur Lederer, and his passage to Bussorah [Basra] from Bombay [Mumbai].
Enclosures to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 5-27 November 1841. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to a survey of Phaleeche Island [Failaka Island, Kuwait] to assess its appropriateness for a po...
Enclosure nos. 1-2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 4-18 November 1841. The enclosures consist of a memorandum and covering letter from the Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay relating to a...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1843. The enclosure consists of the following: A letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, t...
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 27 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 17 July-27 August 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to a ‘Memoir on the South and East Coasts of Arabia’, written by the Political Agent, Aden...
Enclosure in the Letter from John Malcolm, 16 Nov 1802
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A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, former Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran] to Lieutenant Charles Pasley, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 30 October 1802, concerning the death in Bombay of the Persian Ambassador to India [Hājī Muhammad Khalīl Khān Qazvīnī]....
Report of Sir Harford Jones to Lord Howick on Persian Affairs
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A copy of a paper on Persian [Iranian] affairs by Sir Harford Jones, former Resident in Baghdad, sent to Lord Howick, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and dated 7 January 1807. The paper covers British relations with Persia since the defeat of Tippoo Saheb [Tipu Sultan of Mysore] in 1799 ...
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
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A copy of a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, to the Emperor [Shah] of Persia [Fath ‘Ali Shāh Qājār], undated. The letter announces the departure of the Persian Ambassador to France [‘Askar Khān Afshār] for Persia, and promises the friendship and support of France if the Sha...
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
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A copy of a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, to the Emperor [Shah] of Persia [Fath ‘Ali Shāh Qājār], undated. The letter announces the departure of the Persian Ambassador to France [‘Askar Khān Afshār] for Persia [Iran], and promises the friendship and support of France if ...