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IOR/L/PS/9/76/30
- Record Id:
- 041-003710938
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378656.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126471354.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/30
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee of 13 May 1783
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from a French Minister to French representatives in India carried by the messenger M Cotinal, copied by William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], on 26 May 1783.
The letter claims that the King of England [King George III] intends to take over the territories controlled by the East India Company in India and reduce the Company to a commercial interest, make peace with the Mahrattas [Mahratas] and Hyder Alli Khan [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore], and thereafter expand English territorial control in India. The letter urges French representatives to make Indian rulers and the East India Company aware of the scheme in order to resist it.
The copy was enclosed in Latouche’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company), dated 13 May 1783 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/28 and 29).
An English translation of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/31. A duplicate of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/37.
- 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
040-003710908
041-003710938 - 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/9/76 : Letters from Iraq 1781-1805
IOR/L/PS/9/76/30 : Enclosure in Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee of 13 May 1783 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0030]/041-003710938
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378656.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1783
- End Date:
- 1783
- Date Range:
- c. 1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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