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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1826-9 Mar 1827. 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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Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tehran, 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, of 23 December 1826, which was received from the Foreign Office on 9 March 1827. The letter originally enclosed a copy of Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch to the Governor-General of India of 21 December 1826, and its enclosures, and a translation of a letter from Daoud Khan [Prince Dāvūd Khān Zādūriyān] to the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/157-162 and 163). In the letter Macdonald Kinneir also requests that he be sent items such as fine cloth, cutlery, and watches to give as gifts to members of the Persian Court so that he may maintain his influence there.

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IOR/L/PS/9/70/156

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Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tehran, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/156, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00032b> [accessed 6 October 2024]

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