Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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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 Royal camp at Sooltania [Soltaniyeh] and dated 2 July 1810. The letter concerns Malcolm’s rel...
Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
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A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent near Sultania [Soltanieh] and dated 3 July 1809. Subjects covered include: Jones’s arrival at the Royal camp and meetings with the King [Shah] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh ...
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Thomas Henry Sheridan
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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to his assistant Thomas Henry Sheridan. The letter concerns the reception of the Government of India's Envoy to Persia, Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to the camp of the court of t...
'Translation of a Letter from His Royal Highness, Abbas Meerza to Sir Harford Jones Baronet and KC'
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Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza [Mirza], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones. The letter directs Jones, together with the Vizier of the Crown Prince, Meerza Bozurg [Mirza Buzurg], to order an attack agai...
'Translation of a Rukem from His Royal Highness Abbas Meerza Prince of Persia to Meerza Ameen'
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Translation of a rukem [raqum, official order] from the Prince of Persia [Iran] [Crown Prince of Persia], Abbas Meerza [Mirza], to the Persian Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Meeza Ameen [Mirza Amin]. The rukem annuls Meerza Ameen’s functions as ambassador and directs him to leave Constantinop...
Memorandum from Assistant Secretary to the Board of Control, John Meheux, in Whitehall, to Mr Johnson
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Memorandum from Assistant Secretary to the Board of Control, John Meheux, at Whitehall to Mr Johnson, of 4 May 1815. The memorandum suggests, by the direction of the President of the Board of Control, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, communicating to the Court of Directors of the East India Company t...
'Translation of a letter from Kelej Khan Timori at Meshed to the Prince of Khorasan at Tehran'
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Translation of a letter from Kelej Khan Timori [Qilij Khan Taymūrī], in Meshed [Mashhad], to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā) in Tehran. The letter concerns the conflict between the brothers of Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy] and the Shah of Afghanistan, Maḥmūd Shah Durrān...
‘Substance of a letter from Major General Wm Grant Keir to His Highness the Imaum of Muscat’
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The substance of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool, to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd) of 10 February 1820. The letter is in reply to the Imaum’s letter of 10 Rabīʿ II 1235 [27 January 1820], and affirms the Imaum’s having o...
Copy of a Letter from Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabriz and dated 15 August 1821, forwarding a letter from the Prince Royal [Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia to the Court of Dir...
Copy of a Letter from Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabriz and dated 2 February 1824. The letter reports that Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Stannus has been appointed Political Resident...
