Political No. 200 of 1873, Forwarding Further Particulars Respecting the Abandoned Depot at Maaghil on the Euphrates
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of a letter from the Political Agent in Tu...
Copy of a Letter from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, to the Secret Committee
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A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran...
'Memorandum taken at the desire of Sir Harford Jones Baronet by Mr D Morier'
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Copy of a memorandum detailing the views of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza, expressed to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, on the night on 31 May 1810. The Prince Royal mainly expressed views concerning Russo-Persian ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 19 Mar 1820
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Tehran and dated 16 March 1820. The letter reports the Persian Court’s muted reaction to the destruction of ‘pirate’ ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
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A translation of a Firman [edict] from Hossein Ali Meerza Mirza [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Sheraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, received at Bushire [Būshehr] 18 March 1820. The Prince remonstra...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 31 May 1821
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Major Duchamp (or Deschamps), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], sent from Tehran and dated 30 May 1821. The letter reports orders given by the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to strengthen the frontier on the G...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 27 April 1822
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Marquess of Londonderry [Viscount Castlereagh], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 1 April 1822. The letter concerns demands for payment and alleged threats against Willock from ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 27 April 1822
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Meerza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 26 March 1822. The letter concerns difficulties created at the Persian Court by the arrear in British s...
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Oct 1822
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A translation of a proposed agreement between Mohamed Zikie Khan [Muhammad Zakī Khān Nūrī], Vizier to Hossein Ali Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], and William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], dated 8 August 1822. The terms of the agreement concern: Efforts t...
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
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A translation of a proposed agreement between Mohamed Zikie Khan [Muhammad Zakī Khān Nūrī], Vizier to Hossein Ali Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], and William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], dated 8 August 1822. The terms of the agreement concern: Efforts t...
