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IOR/L/PS/9/68/82
- Record Id:
- 041-003356518
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0000e1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110294844.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/68/82
- Title:
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Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 15 October 1810. The letter concerns the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza]’s military campaign against the Russians in August and September 1810, including the role played by a small British detachment consisting of Jones’s military escort. The letter gives an account of the military operations, including an extract of a letter from a member of Jones’s escort, Lieutenant Charles Christie, detailing an unsuccessful Persian attack against Russian positions, and also contains Jones’s general reflections on Persian military campaigning against Russia in 1810.
The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 October 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.
- 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
040-003356436
041-003356518 - 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/9/68 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/68/82 : Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Governor-General… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0002]/040-003356436[0082]/041-003356518
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0000e1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1810
- Date Range:
- 15 Oct 1810
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)