The Mission of Mehedi Ali Khan in Persia, Appointment of John Malcolm as Envoy in Persia, and Other Matters [‎385v] (148/252)

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The correspondence includes copies of letters, translated letters, and secret and political consultations related to the following:

• ‘Deputation of Mehedi Ali Khan [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in this part] to the Court of Persia [Iran] for the purpose of counteracting the designs of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Amīr of Afghanistan, also spelled Zemaun] against Hindostan [Subcontinental India]’
• The progress of Mehedi Ali Khan’s negotiations with Persian officials at Tahiran [Tehran, also spelled as Teheran] including the Grand Vizier, Hajy Mirza Ibraheem Khan [Ḥājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalantar Shīrāzī, Eʿtemād al-Dawlah, Persian Prime Minister], and the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, also called Bābā Khān]
• Appointment of Captain John Malcolm to the office of Envoy from the British Government to the Court of Persia on 12 October 1799
• The British offer of supplies of arms to the Persian Government
• Exchange of letters with Hajy Mahomed Kheleel Mullik Ettijar, native of Hazbin [Qazwin] [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Qazwīnī, Malik al-Tujjār of the Persian Empire, various spellings of his name and title feature] related to his help with the execution of the Company’s charges in Bushire [Bushehr]
• A list of superfine broad cloth to deliver in Persia
• The trading activities of the Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Naser Khan [Shaikh Naṣr Āl Madhkūr, son of Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Madhkūr, also spelled as Nusser]
• The rebellion of the Governor of Fars, Hussan Kully Khan [Ḥasan Qulī Khān]
• Notes on the King of Persia, his family and wealth
• Exchange of letters between Sheikh Naser Khan of Bushire and Jonathan Duncan, the Governor at Bombay, regarding Mehedi Ali Khan’s position in Bushire
• The efforts of Mehedi Ali Khan to send the two princes, Mahomed [Maḥmūd Shāh Durrānī] and Ferouze [Fayrūz Shāh Durrānī] brothers of Zeman Shah, towards Herat [also spelled as Huraut] and Candahar [Kandahar] via Khorassan [Khorasan]
• Account of Abdur Reheem [‘Abd al-Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī, Beglerbegi of Iraq] from the Royal Residence in Tahiran in relation to the happenings at the Persian Court; Mehedi Ali Khan’s personality and achievements; and the issue of Zeman Shah
• Governor General, Lord Mornington [Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley of Norragh], honouring Mehedi Ali Khan and Hajy Mahomed Kheleel with a ‘khilaut’ [ khil'a , distinction] for their good conduct in Persia
• A translated copy of a firmaun [farmān] from the King of Persia regarding the relations of his country with the English
• Details of the internal affairs of Muscat
• French activities in the Gulf
• The activities of Armenian vessels
• News of correspondence being established between Tippo Sultaun [Sulṭān Fātiḥ ‘Alī Ṣāḥib Tīpū, Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore] and Zeman Shah, and their shared feelings against the English presence in India
• Zeman Shah’s anti Shea [Shi‘a] policy
• Communication with Soliman Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, also spelled as Soleyman] of Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled as Bagdat]
• The French siege of Akkah (Acre, also spelled as Akka), and the response of the Ottoman and the British
• The Ottomans and Wahabies [Wahhābīs] reaching an agreement regarding the governing of Lehesa [Al-Ahsa]
• Instructions and information to Captain Malcolm about his trip to Persia
• The movements of the Ottoman troops in Syria
• The possibility of the British establishing relations with Zeman Shah
• Ottoman-Persian relations
• Ottoman-British relations
• Russian-Persian relations
• French-Arab relations.

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