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Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto [4v] (8/12)
The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1810. 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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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 15 October 1810. The letter concerns the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza]’s military campaign against the Russians in August and September 1810, including the role played by a small British detachment consisting of Jones’s military escort. The letter gives an account of the military operations, including an extract of a letter from a member of Jones’s escort, Lieutenant Charles Christie, detailing an unsuccessful Persian attack against Russian positions, and also contains Jones’s general reflections on Persian military campaigning against Russia in 1810.
The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 16 October 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto
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- 1r:6v
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