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IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
- Record Id:
- 041-003677622
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104084603.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
- Title:
- Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
- Scope & Content:
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The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending of the Persian siege; Anglo-Persian diplomatic relations notably in context of the Shah’s connections with Russia.
The intelligence is provided to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secret Committee, by Sheil, Chargé d’Affaires, British Mission Erzeroom [Erzurum, Anatolia], incorporating information from his Persian contacts and Edward William Bonham.
There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosures in Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Letter No. 61, dated 15th May 1839, are missing from this collection’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539221
041-003677622 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/375 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390 : Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran] - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0013]/040-000539221[0009]/041-003677622
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000007
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- Feb 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Arrangement:
- The papers are not in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)