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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Political Secretary to the Government, Fort William, Calcutta [5v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 18 Jun 1807. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The letter concerns the [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], the process of him being invested with the Government of Bushire and a request for a loan of 10,000 Piasters [Piastres] the Resident has received from him; a request which the Resident has refused. It also notes that Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] has received orders from the Persian King that he is to return to court. It also notes that an Armenian merchant has received two letters providing intelligence indicating that the Russians, who are now at war with Turkey, are attempting to seek peace with Persia and that they have an ambassador present at the Persian Court in pursuit of this goal.
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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Political Secretary to the Government, Fort William, Calcutta [5v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, f 5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899598.0x00001a> [accessed 4 April 2025]
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- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Political Secretary to the Government, Fort William, Calcutta
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- 5v
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