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, f 78
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in ? 4 Mar 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 enclosing extracts of two communications (not present) from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], which he received 28 February 1808.
The dates of the surrounding correspondence suggest that this letter should be dated between 2-8 March 1808.
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- 1 folio
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- 436 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/10
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Condition: Serious pest damage to the title and signature of the letter. Both of these have been almost completely obscured.
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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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, f 78
- Date(s)
- ? 4 Mar 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, f 78, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x00006d> [accessed 24 January 2025]
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