Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to David Morier

IOR/L/PS/9/67/116

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1809. 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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Content: A letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to David Morier, British diplomat in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Tehran and dated 14 April 1809. The letter instructs Morier to inform Sir Robert Adair, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, of the decline in French influence in Tehran, reports the dispatch to Britain of a Preliminary Treaty signed by Jones and Persian ministers, and asks Adair to assist the Persian Envoy in Constantinople and to inform Jones of the diplomatic situation relative to Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Russia, and Persia.
Extent and format: 1 item (2 folios)
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Letter

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/9/67/116
Date(s): 14 Apr 1809 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: DiplomacyNapoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
People & organisations: HM Ambassador to IranHM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/67/116
Title: Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to David Morier
Pages: 1r:2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence