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IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 99-101

Record Id:
041-002430256
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000227427
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000006227.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x00012e
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 99-101
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 copies and translations of various communications.

Three enclosures:

1. Translation of a letter from Shaik Mohumud Ben Nasser [Muḥammad bin Nāṣir] to [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], received at Bushire 31 March. It includes intelligence obtained concerning requests made of the Persian King by the French Ambassador.

2. Translation of an enclosure from within the above mentioned letter. The enclosure is a note likely intended for the Resident at Bushire. The author explains that he has been delayed in visiting personally, and insists that the recipient should not be overly worried about the diplomatic exchanges taking place between the French and the Persians.

3. Translation of a letter from Mohumud Nabbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] to Nicholas Hankey Smith, received 2 April 1808. The author is reassuring the Resident that the diplomatic exchanges taking place between the French and the Persians are no threat to the British.

Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227441
041-002430256
Is part of:
IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/10 : Vol 10 Letters Outward

 

IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 99-101 : Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political…
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0001]/040-000227441[0170]/041-002430256
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:

3 folios

Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1808
End Date:
1808
Date Range:
16 Apr 1808
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has slightly obscured the date of the letter, but not to the point that it cannot be read.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)