Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning

IOR/L/PS/9/68/91

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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 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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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, of 13 November 1810. The letter concerns an affair at Constantinople [Istanbul] involving the Persian Ambassador to France, Askar Khan [Askar Khan Afshar], and the Persian Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Meerza Ameen [Mirza Amin]. The letter reports the Persian government’s misgivings concerning the affair, and communicates the appointment of Aga Hossein [Agha Hussain] as responsible for the affairs of the Persian government in Constantinople, the removal of Meerza Ameen from his position as ambassador, and the prohibition of Georges Outrey, the French envoy who accompanied Askar Khan on his return from Paris, from entering Persian territory. The letter was enclosed in the secret letter of Jones of 13 November 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.

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Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/91, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0000ea> [accessed 27 August 2024]

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