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IOR/G/29/35
- Record Id:
- 040-000177280
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000398
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146079972.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/35
- Title:
- Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters of 21 December 1808, 20 January and 3 April 1809
- Scope & Content:
- The volume contains correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]. The principal correspondents are: Sir Harford Jones [later Jones-Brydges], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia; Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal; Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, Commander of the Expedition to the Persian Gulph; Captain Charles Pasley, Acting for Malcolm as Envoy to the Court of Persia; Jonathan Duncan, Governor in Council at Bombay; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; and Andrew Jukes, Surgeon and Acting Resident at Bushire [Bushehr, also spelled Bushere in this volume]. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān, various spellings in this volume], Native Agent at Schyras [Shiraz, various spellings in this volume]; Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī, various spellings in this volume], Vizier of Schyras; Prince Hooseen Alee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, various spellings in this volume], Prince-Governor of Fars; the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār]; Nasr Oolah Khan [Naṣr-Allāh Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars; Mohumed Hussein Khan Karagoozloo [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], a Persian official; Meerza Sheffee [Mirzā Shafi’ Māzandarāni], Grand Vizier (First Minister) to the King of Persia; and Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad].The volume covers the following matters:
- The diplomatic mission of Harford Jones: his arrival and reception at Bushire; his journey to Schyras and onwards to Tehran; correspondence with Persian officials and royalty; discussion of possible treaty articles, particularly in connection to promises made by Malcolm and Pasley during their earlier diplomatic mission; discussion of the appropriate degree of ostentation the mission should adopt; and discussion of the appropriate style and form of communication to be used between Jones and Persian officials
- The progress and movements of the French Embassy in Persia, under General Gardanne [Claude-Matthieu, Comte de Gardane]
- European politics in connection with the Napoleonic Wars and specifically concerning relations between Britain, France, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, including reports of the signing of the Treaty of Dardanelles, 5 January 1809, which brought an end to the Anglo-Ottoman War of 1807-09
- The Government of Bushire, including the removal of Shaik Abdoul Ressoul [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān Āl Madhkūr] as Governor because of his treatment of Malcolm
- Political affairs in Persia, often reported by Jafer Ali Khan and his informants
- Malcolm’s Expedition to the Gulph to establish a British naval and commercial settlement on the island of Karrack [Kharg, various spellings in this volume], including: the political reasons behind the expedition; the abandonment of the expedition and the disbanding of the expedition force at Bombay; how (erroneous) reports of Malcolm’s imminent arrival in the Gulph were (or might be) received in Persia and Bagdad, and the impact this might have on Jones’s mission
- Events along Persia’s northern frontier, as part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-13, particularly those at Erivan [Yerevan]
- Charges made by Lord Minto against the conduct of Jones and the latter's response to these charges.
- 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
040-000177280 - 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/29/35 : Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters of 21 December 1808, 20 January and 3 April 1809 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0004]/037-000177234[0011]/040-000177280
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (304 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000398
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 30 Oct 1808-20 Mar 1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf.
- Former External References:
- Persia 29A
- Arrangement:
- The volume is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the left to the right.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)