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341. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 13-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 13-17
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter details intelligence delivered by Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] concerning the details of an alliance negotiated between France and Persia, and of the efforts of the French to convince the Persians that the British are attempting to incite the Russians against them. The Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1807
Extent:
5 folios

342. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter provides information on the circumstances surrounding a vessel lost around Nakheloo and of what little of the vessel has been recovered.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1807
Extent:
2 folios

343. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 27-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 27-28
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns private intelligence received from Baghdad, regarding a range of diplomatic matters; it includes the appointment of Arthur Paget as British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and the appointment of General Gerdanne as French ambassador to the Persian Court. Furthermore, it notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1807
Extent:
2 folios

344. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 38-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 38-40
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding translations of correspondence. It includes four enclosures: 1. Translation of a firman from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā the Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz] to Nicholas Hankey Smith, received 10 September 1807. It announces that the Resident is honoured with the high regard and attachm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1807
Extent:
3 folios

345. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses two communications (not present) from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]. It contains an update on the packet that Jaffer Ali Khan has been tasked to intercept and provides an explanation for a trip the Resident has made to Cangoon via the HCC Nautilus. It includes one enclo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1807
Extent:
2 folios

346. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 101-102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 101-102
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding extracts of communications sent between the Resident and Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]. Only one of these letters is transcibed in this volume; letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Jaffer Ali Khan, dated 4 April 1808. The letter discusses difficulties arising over ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1808
Extent:

2 folios

347. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 103-104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 103-104
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding correspondence sent between the Resident and Rahma Ben Jauber Atoobee, while the latter was blockading the port of Bushire. Two enclosures: 1. Translation of a letter from Rahma Ben Jauber Atoobee to Nicholas Hankey Smith. The author's forces surround Bushire and he d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1808
Extent:

2 folios

348. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding extracts from communications to and from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]. The dates of these letters are supplied in the margin, with instructions to examine the inward correspondence book. Only one of these, a translation of a note is enclosed; a translation of a no...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

349. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter outlines shipping movements and communications into and out of Bushire. William Bruce provides an update on the Persian troops that are arriving at Bushire to garrison the coast, mentions that Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] is in a critical situation at Sheraz [Shiraz] and that t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1808
Extent:

2 folios

350. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 142-143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 142-143
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter, in addition to forwarding correspondence (not present) and outlining charges to be made to the account of the Persian Mission, describes a meeting William Bruce has had with Abdulla Khan, which is described as being along the same lines as the conversation outlined by Doctor Andrew J...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1808
Extent:

2 folios