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IOR/L/PS/9/67/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003356298
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000005
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100095565044.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/67/1
- Title:
- Copy of a Letter from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, to the Secret Committee
- Scope & Content:
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A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran]; the Treaty of Mysoor [Mysore or Mysuru]; an additional regiment of cavalry being raised in accordance with the Treaty of Hyderabad; and the extent to which the military establishments [military staff] of Fort St George and Bombay [Mumbai] should be increased.
There is a postscript dated 5 September 1799 concerning the news received from Syria of the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army at St Jean D’Acre [Akko].
The letter was received via the ship Earl Howe, 30 August 1800.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003356297
041-003356298 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/67 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/67/1 : Copy of a Letter from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, to the Secret Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0001]/040-003356297[0001]/041-003356298
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 3 Sep 1799-5 Sep 1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)