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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 [‎52r] (2/2)

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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
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 51-52
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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
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/10, f 52

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 14 Dec 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 regards a dispute between the Resident and Merza Zakee. It notes that the latter has refused the Resident's gifts in the belief they are insufficient for his services in honouring the Resident on behalf of Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā the Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz].

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Condition: The item has suffered slight pest damage, which has resulted in a small hole in f. 52 that has obscured some of the text.

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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
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52r
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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