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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [‎41v] (1/3)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Sep 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 encloses two communications (not present) from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]. It contains an update on the packet that Jaffer Ali Khan has been tasked to intercept and provides an explanation for a trip the Resident has made to Cangoon via the HCC Nautilus . It includes one enclosure:

1. An extract from a letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Jaffer Ali Khan, dated 18 September 1807. The resident is sending money as requested to further the cause of intercepting a packet. Jaffer Ali Khan is further instructed to obtain, if possible, a copy of the treaty signed between Persia and the Afghans.

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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage and some of the text in f. 42 and f. 42v is slightly difficult to read as a result of two holes that are present in each folio, that have obscured some of the body of the letter.

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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [‎41v] (1/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 41-42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899598.0x000064> [accessed 14 March 2025]

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