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 3v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 8 Jun 1807. 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 concerns contradictory intelligence received from Mahomed Nebee Khan and the Persian Court concerning a military engagement which has taken place between the French and the Russians. The Resident favours the account provided by Mahomed Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] which claims the French were defeated and Napoleon Bonaparte is missing, as he believes that the Persian Court has a habit of presenting situations as they wish them to be. The Resident also outlines his suspicions that the Persian Government seeks an alliance with the French in order to strengthen their position against the Russians.
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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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- 8 Jun 1807 (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 3v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x0000ee> [accessed 24 January 2025]
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