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IOR/L/PS/9/67/117
- Record Id:
- 041-003356414
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000079
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096091056.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/67/117
- Title:
- Enclosures in Letter No.3 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
- Scope & Content:
-
Enclosures in Letter No. 3 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated March 1809, consisiting of:
- A letter from Jones to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 18 February 1809, reporting Jones’s arrival and reception in Tehran, the departure of the French mission under General Gardane, and Jones’s expectation of beginning negotiations with Persian ministers after the commemoration of Ashooreh [Ashūrā]
- A declaration by Gardane dated 17 December 1807, describing Franco-Persian treaty engagements in the context of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) and Napoleonic War.
- A bulletin sent by Gardane from Tabreez [Tabrīz] describing French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong French relations with Russia, and conflict between British forces and the Maratha Confederacy in central India (in French)
- A letter detailing the terms of subsidy and military assistance offered by Jones to Persian ministers during negotiations in March 1809.
The second and third enclosures are written in French.
- 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
041-003356414 - 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/9/67/117 : Enclosures in Letter No.3 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0001]/040-003356297[0117]/041-003356414
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000079
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1807-1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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