Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 4 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] ...
'Translation of a Letter from His Excellency Meerza Mohammed Sheffea Moatemed-ed-Dowlah, to the most Noble Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, His Majestys principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs'
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Translation of a letter from the Grand Vizier to the Shah of Persia [Iran], Meerza Mohammed Sheffea Moatemed-ed-Dowlah [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī] to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Marquis Wellesley, of 19 July 1810. The letter is in celebration of the newly formed alliance b...
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia, Meersa Sheffee
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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia, Meersa Sheffee [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], of 22 August 1810. The letter relates to correspondence between the Persian Ambassador to ...
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto
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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 15 October 1810. The letter concerns the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza]’s military campaign aga...
Letter from HM Ambassador to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Marquis Richard Wellesley, in London
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A letter, numbered 10, from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Richard Wellesley, in London. The letter reports and describes his arrival in Tehran and reception at the court of the Persian Shah. Details such as the istakb...
Letter from Secretary to the Board of Control, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, at Whitehall, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Control, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, at Whitehall, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 2 May 1815. The letter indicates the Board of Control’s permission for the Secret Committee to communicate to the Court of Directors of the East India...
Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
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Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, of 26 December 1819. The letter concerns the planned British expedition, of which Grant Keir is a commander, to the Persian Gulf to attack the al-Qawasim and their alli...
Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Koordan, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Koordan [Kordan or Kurdan], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 3 July 1825, which was received on 12 September 1825. The letter originally enclosed a copy of a dispatch from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme ...
Copy of a Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, at Fort William, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
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Copy of a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, at Fort William, to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 18 March 1825. Originally enclosed with this letter was correspondence between Swinton and Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald ...
Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Oojaun, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Oojaun [Ujan], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 10 September 1825, which was received on 14 November 1825. The letter reports Willock’s successful completion of the orders of the Governor-General of India, L...
