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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 [95v] (2/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 25 Mar 1808. 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 arrival and departure from Bushire of two French officers. It also covers French efforts to provide armaments to the Persian army and summons issued by the King of Persia to his sons, which the Resident believes to be a prelude to further negotiations with the French.
One enclosure; translation of a letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Aga Mohumed Hussun, Yerd dated 20 March 1808. The Resident is expressing his gratitude for the intelligence and pomegranates that have been sent to him and claims that the British Government is not at all concerned with the designs of the French. At the same time he explains that he is not in a position to know what the British response to the French will be. The Resident also mentions he is awaiting an answer with regard to Aga Mohumed Hussun's pension.
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- 2 folios
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has slightly obscured the body of the letter in places. As a result, some words are difficult to read.
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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 [95v] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 95-96, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x000008> [accessed 7 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 95-96
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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
- Pages
- 95v:96r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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