‘Translation of a Firmaun from His Majesty Futtey Ali Shah addressed to Lieut Colonel Macdonald Envoy’
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Translation of a Firmaun [firman, a letter or order] from the Shāh of Persia [Iran], Futtey Ali Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Suffr [Safar] 1242 [September 1826]. Futtey Ali Shah acknowledges the receipt ...
‘Translation of a letter from The Asuf ul Dowleh to The Envoy to the Court of Persia’
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Translation of a letter from the Asuf ul Dowleh, Alyar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Asuf ul Dowleh reports the determination of the...
Coll 29/3 'Revision of pay and pensions of Persia and Persian Gulf establishments'
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The file concerns revision of pay and pensions, and staff reorganization of the Persian Gulf Residency and Agencies, and of the Consulates at Meshed [Mashhad], Sistan and Duzdap, in Iran. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Government of India...
Coll 29/84 'Bushire Residency launch: Persian request for alteration of uniform of crew'
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The file concerns a Persian request for alteration of the uniforms worn by the crew of the Bushire Residency boat, which were too similar to those of the Iranian Navy. The file is composed of correspondence between the Government of India, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Res...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 17 of 1856, dated 22 April 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 4 January-1 February 1856. The enclosures chiefly compris...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 30 of 1856, dated 17 July 1856. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 28 June 1856. The enclosure consists of a letter from Lieuten...
Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 32 of 1871, dated 16 June 1871, containing enclosures dated 26 April-9 June 1871. The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence by telegram, relating to the Turkish [Ottoman] expedition...
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 66 of 1873, dated 24 April 1873. The enclosures are dated from 21 August 1872 to 22 April 1873, consist of printed correspondenc...
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 6 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 31 October 1840 to 28 January 1841. The enclosures mainly consist of copies of correspondence b...
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 10 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 21 January to 26 February 1841. The enclosures mainly consist of copies of correspondence re...
