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IOR/G/29/34
- Record Id:
- 040-000177279
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000397
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097202112.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/34
- Title:
- Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter, dated 17th September 1808
- Scope & Content:
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The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Brigadier-General John Malcolm’s 1808 mission to Persia [Iran] as East India Company Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The papers are enclosures to a packet sent to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London, from the Secret Department of the Government of Bengal, in Calcutta [Kolkata], dated 17 September 1808.
There are twenty principal papers within the volume. These mostly comprise correspondence between Malcolm and the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], or his Chief Secretary, Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, but letters from Minto to Sir Harford Jones, HM Ambassador to Persia, and a minute of the Governor-General's are also included.
Matters covered by the volume include:
- Malcolm’s journey to Persia, via Muscat, and his proceedings with the Government of Muscat
- Malcolm’s arrival at Abusheher [Bushehr; also spelled Bushire and Busheer in this volume] and his reception by Persian officials
- Captain Charles Pasley’s deputation to Sherauz [Shiraz], including instructions given to him by Malcolm, extracts from his journals while there, and correspondence with Jaafer Alli Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān; various spellings in this volume], ‘Native Agent’ in Shiraz
- Progress and status of the French Embassy in Persia under General Gardanne [Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane]
- The threat of invasion of India by either France or Russia, and Britain’s options for responding to such a threat
- Russian military operations in Georgia and along Persia’s northern frontier
- Malcolm's plan for the Island of Kharrack [Kharg] to become a forward station in defence of the British Empire in India.
Some of the principal papers include their own enclosures. These consist of letters to and from agents and officials in Persia and the wider region, including: Nusir Oolla Khan [Naṣr Allāh Khān; various spellings in this volume], Vizier to Prince Governor of Shiraz; Mohummud Nubbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī; various spellings in this volume], Vizier of Fars; and Claudius Rich, British Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad].
The French language material comprises an intercepted letter from General Gardanne to the Governor of the Isle de France [Mauritius] (General Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen), dated Teheraun [Tehran], 2 May 1808.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000177207
037-000177234
040-000177279 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/29 : Factory Records: Persia and the Persian Gulf
IOR/G/29/25-39 : Miscellaneous papers
IOR/G/29/34 : Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter, dated 17th September 1808 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0004]/037-000177234[0010]/040-000177279
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (416 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000397
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1 May 1808-17 Sep 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 418; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- Persia 29
- Arrangement:
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The volume is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
At the beginning of the volume (folios 3-4) is a list of contents, providing details of the enclosures contained within, including enclosure number (1-20), correspondents, date, subject, and page number (referring to the original pagination).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)