Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 May 1808. 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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The letter is forwarding extracts from communications to and from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]. The dates of these letters are supplied in the margin, with instructions to examine the inward correspondence book. Only one of these, a translation of a note is enclosed; a translation of a note from Mohumed Kooly Beg to Jaffer Ali Khan, received at Bushire 26 April 1808. The letter concerns the desires of the author to avoid using his own seal on private correspondence sent to Jaffer Ali Khan from Tehran. The author further discusses his shortage of cash and promises that a letter bound for the Isle of France [Mauritius] will be obtained shortly.
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- 2 folios
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110
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- 2 May 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x000047> [accessed 13 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 109-110
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- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
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- 110r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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