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IOR/F/4/1137/30251
- Record Id:
- 041-000743978
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000743976
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002c9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091545153.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1137/30251
- Title:
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'Relative to the expense and establishment of the Persian Mission.'
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of correspondence regarding the expenses of the East India Company’s Persian Mission. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1826-29, but there is also a letter dated 30 July 1823. The correspondence consists of letters between: the Court of Directors, East India Company; George Swinton, Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; Andrew Stirling, Acting Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; and Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald (John Macdonald Kinneir), British Envoy at the Court of Persia [Iran]. Topics include:
· The failure of the Persian Mission to keep within the limits for expenditure set by the Government of Bengal
· The efforts of Macdonald to justify the expenses incurred by the mission
· The involvement of the mission during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828), and in particular the role played by Captain John Campbell, Second Assistant to the Mission
· The question of the number of staff henceforward needed by the mission.
The correspondence also contains a ‘table of allowances sanctioned by government to the mission for one month and disbursements made by the treasurer for items independent of the mission’ (ff 229-230), and an extract of a resolution issued by the East India Company Territorial Department regarding the allowances to be assigned to Residents and Commissioners (ff 256-7).
The title page (f 207) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 779’, ‘Draft 348’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, December 1829’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000743976
041-000743978 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/1137 : Board's Collections Vol 1137
IOR/F/4/1137/30251 : Relative to the expense and establishment of the Persian Mission. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[1142]/040-000743976[0005]/041-000743978
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (51 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002c9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1823
- End Date:
- 1829
- Date Range:
- 30 Jul 1823-21 Jul 1829
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 207, and terminates at f 257, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)