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 99-101
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 16 Apr 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 copies and translations of various communications.
Three enclosures:
1. Translation of a letter from Shaik Mohumud Ben Nasser [Muḥammad bin Nāṣir] to [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], received at Bushire 31 March. It includes intelligence obtained concerning requests made of the Persian King by the French Ambassador.
2. Translation of an enclosure from within the above mentioned letter. The enclosure is a note likely intended for the Resident at Bushire. The author explains that he has been delayed in visiting personally, and insists that the recipient should not be overly worried about the diplomatic exchanges taking place between the French and the Persians.
3. Translation of a letter from Mohumud Nabbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] to Nicholas Hankey Smith, received 2 April 1808. The author is reassuring the Resident that the diplomatic exchanges taking place between the French and the Persians are no threat to the British.
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- 3 folios
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has slightly obscured the date of the letter, but not to the point that it cannot be read.
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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 99-101
- Date(s)
- 16 Apr 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 99-101, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x00012e> [accessed 6 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 99-101
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Pages
- 100r:101r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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