‘Translation of a Memorandum transmitted by the Shah to Colonel Macdonald for certain Articles which H.M. solicits may be provided for him by E. I. Company’
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The translation of a memorandum from the Shah of Persia [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The memorandum lists articles that the Shah wishes for Macdonald Kinneir to procure for him, including firearms, spec...
Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 13 October 1826, which was received from the Foreign Office on 18 December 1826. The letter originally enclosed copies o...
Letter from Henry Willock, in London, to the Chairman of the East India Company, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson
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Letter from the former HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in London, to the Chairman of the East India Company, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, of 9 December 1826. The letter originally forwarded a chart of the frontier between Russia and Persia by Major William Monteith (not ...
Letter from Henry Willock, in London, to the Chairman of the East India Company, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson
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Letter from the former HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in London, to the Chairman of the East India Company, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, of 9 December 1826. The letter originally enclosed a summary concerning the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-18...
‘Extract from Dispatch No.19 of September 14 1826 addressed by Mr Henry Willock to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State’
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Extract from dispatch No. 19 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 14 September 1826 [title erroneously dated, original dispatch dated 4 September 1825]. This document details the inconclusive discussions betwe...
Letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
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A letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 10 February 1827. The letter concerns the memorial submitted by Captain Hart to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, through which h...
Copy of Dispatch No. 42 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
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Copy of dispatch No. 42 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 16 March 1827. Macdonald Kinneir forwards correspondence between HM Ambassador...
Copy of a Letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg, to Major William Monteith
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Copy of a letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count [Karl Robert] Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg [St Petersburg], to Major William Monteith, of December 1826. The letter transmits a diamond snuffbox from the Emperor of Russia [Tsar Alexander II] as a gift of thanks to Monteith f...
Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 25 April 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 9 July 1827. The letter originally enclosed a translation o...
Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 14 May 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 9 July 1827. The letter originally enclosed a copy of Macdona...
