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IOR/L/PS/9/76/298
- Record Id:
- 041-003711206
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378970.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136932471.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/298
- Title:
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Correspondence of Jonathan Lovett
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains:
1. A report of intelligence received from Yezd [Yazd], signed by Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], and dated 17 September 1803. The report describes affairs in Afghanistan and Khorasan, including the rule of Mahmoud [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], the movements of the sons of the former ruler Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī], civil unrest in Kabool [Kabul], and the ongoing independence of Meshed [Mashhad] from the Persian [Iranian] Government.
2. Translations of letters from Jafer Kooly Khan [Ja’far Qulī Khān] and Mirza Reza Kooly [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik], Persian Ministers, to Jonathan Lovett, received 14 August 1803. The Ministers state that the Shah does not blame the British Government for the death of Mahomed Khulleel Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Khān Qazvīnī, Persian Ambassador to India], report that Mahomed Nabee Khan Mullic ool Tujar [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Malik al-Tudjār] has been appointed as the new Ambassador to India, express hope for continued friendly relations between Britain and Persia, and summon Lovett to Court.
3. A letter from Jonathan Lovett to Cheraugh Aly Khan [Chirāgh ‘Alī Khān Navā’ī, Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Bushire and dated 28 September 1803. Lovett states that he is unable to travel to Court due to ill health, and instead proposes sending a letter from the Governor-General of Bengal to Court via his Moonshee [Munshī, secretary] Syed Ahmed Fereedodeen [Sayyid Aḥmad Farīd al-Dīn].
4. A translation of a letter from Cheraugh Aly Khan to Jonathan Lovett, received 7 September 1803. The letter states that the Shah’s ministers have ordered Lovett to proceed to Shiraz and on to Court, and that Aga Baba Khan [Āghā Bābā Khān] has been sent to accompany Lovett as his Mehmandar [host].
- 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
041-003711206 - 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/9/76/298 : Correspondence of Jonathan Lovett - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0298]/041-003711206
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378970.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- Aug 1803-Sep 1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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