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IOR/H/733-737
- Record Id:
- 036-000004835
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x00009f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/733-737
- Title:
- Papers of Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833)
- Scope & Content:
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Papers of Sir John Malcolm chiefly relating to his career as an officer of the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran].
Volumes IOR/H/733 and 736 relate to both central India and Persia; volume IOR/H/734 relates solely to India; volume IOR/H/737 relates solely to Persia. Volume IOR/H/735 relates mainly to his brief political career in England 1831-32 following his resignation as Governor of Bombay at the end of 1830 with some mention of Indian affairs and only brief mention of Persian affairs.
The contents of IOR/H/733 is are partially covered by an index; IOR/H/734, 736 and 737 in entirety are covered by an index; IOR/H/735 does not contain an index.
This series comprises papers and correspondence created within an official capacity context, although some personal matters are referred to such as his health and personal plans, and a few letters to members of his family are included.
A significant proportion of the letters in the volumes are originals, but the volumes also include copy letters and a small number of copy and translated Persian letters.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
036-000004835 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/733-737 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) - Contains:
- IOR/H/733 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to Persia and central India
IOR/H/734 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as Governor of Bombay, 1827-1830
IOR/H/735 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as MP for Launceston, Indian affairs, patronage and personal matters
IOR/H/736 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
IOR/H/737 : Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his diplomatic missions in Persia and to the country and history of Persia
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- 032-000004036[0420]/036-000004835
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 5 volumes (1885 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1796
- End Date:
- 1833
- Date Range:
- 12 Aug 1796-13 Dec 1833
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Arrangement:
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The series comprises five volumes as follows:
IOR/H/733: Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to Persia and Central India, 1808-1819
IOR/H/734: Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as Governor of Bombay, 1827-1830
IOR/H/735: Papers of Sir John Malcolm chiefly relating to his term as MP for Launceston, Indian affairs, patronage and personal matters, 1831-1832
IOR/H/736: Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia, 1796-1832
IOR/H/737: Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his diplomatic missions in Persia and to the country and history of Persia, 1799-1812
- Finding Aids:
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This description was modified in 2019 for the British Library-Qatar Foundation Partnership project. For the original description, see Samuel Charles Hill, Catalogue of the Home Miscellaneous Series of the India Office Records (London: HMSO, for the India Office, 1927).
- Publications:
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For a biography of Sir John Malcolm see: The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, GCB, Late Envoy to Persia and Governor of Bombay; From Unpublished Letters and Journals, by John William Kaye, in two volumes (London, Smith Elder, and Co; and Bombay, Smith Taylor, and Co, 1856)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Malcolm, John, Knight, diplomat and administrator, 1769-1833