Copy of a Dispatch from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, enclosed with a Cover Letter from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the East India Company

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Copy of dispatch No. 3 from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 2 February 1812. The dispatch requests Lord Minto’s views on the Definitive Treaty between Persia and Britain, which Ouseley is attempting to negotiate, and also the as yet unratified Commercial Treaty. The dispatch also discusses Ouseley’s conversations with the Shah of Persia; the Shah’s viewpoint on the government of the East India Company in India; and the suggestion of a regular communication between Lord Minto and the Shah, and possibly giving the Shah an annual gift.

The dispatch also encloses the translation of a letter from the Shah to Lord Minto (not enclosed in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/126).

The dispatch is enclosed with a cover letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company, dated 20 February 1812, discussing Ouseley’s efforts and difficulties in negotiating the Definitive Treaty, and was received on 8 August 1812.

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1 item (4 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

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.

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/68/123

History of this record

Date(s)

2 feb 1812-20 Feb 1812 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Treaties

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to IranShah of Persia

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Copy of a Dispatch from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, enclosed with a Cover Letter from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/123, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00010a> [accessed 7 July 2024]

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