Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 61-63
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 19 Jan 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 discusses the Resident's belief that the Persians will come off worse from any alliance they form with France, using the French campaign in Egypt against the Turks as an example of the treatment they can expect. He is dismissive of the threat of French designs against the British in India, but questions whether the Persians would get any extra benefit from a French controlled India.
Also mentioned is that the Resident has arranged for a series of gifts to be sent to Nasuroollah Khan which are now in the charge of Jaffer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] servant; an itemised list of these is provided. Jaffer Ali Khan is also advised on the accounts he is to keep in order to claim expenses from the British and it is requested that he obtain as much intelligence on the French as can be safely gathered. In addition, the Resident also requests advice on a proposed gift to Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz].
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage which has obscured small parts of the body of the little. However, the overall impact of the readability of the letter is fairly minimal.
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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, ff 61-63
- Date(s)
- 19 Jan 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 61-63
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]
- Pages
- 62r:63v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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