Copy of a Letter from the Chairman of the Court of Directors to Mirza Shafeea, Prime Minister of Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/67/108
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1810. 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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A copy of a letter from Sir Charles Grant, Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, to Mirza Shafeea [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], sent from London and dated 21 March 1810. The letter concerns the arrival of Mirza Abu’l Hasan [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador, in London to conduct treaty negotiations, and expresses hope for stronger political and commercial relations between Persia and Britain.
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- 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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- 21 Mar 1810 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Persia
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- Prime Minister to the Shah of PersiaAmbassador of Iran to the United Kingdom
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- Copy of a Letter from the Chairman of the Court of Directors to Mirza Shafeea, Prime Minister of Persia
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- 1r:4v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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