'Letters from Sir Gore Ouseley to the Secret Committee' [‎648v] (258/364)

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The item consists of correspondence relating to the embassy of Sir Gore Ouseley to the Court of Persia [Iran]. The letters are principally from Ouseley 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 Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. . Matters covered by the papers include:

• The progress of Ouseley’s mission, including his journey to and arrival in Persia, his expense, his engagements with the Persian ministry, and his negotiations with the Persian monarch, Futeh Ali Shah [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār] over the Definitive Treaty of Peace
• Persia’s relations with Afghanistan and Ottoman Bagdad [Baghdad]
• The conduct of Ouseley’s predecessor, Sir Harford Jones
• Russian influence and activities in Persia, including military operations along the northern frontier and the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan on 24 October 1813
• Instructions for William Ouseley to travel to the Caspian Sea region in order to investigate the possibilities of building a naval docks.

Other correspondents, included as enclosures, include: Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto], 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. at Fort William; Abul Hassan [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abū al-Ḥasan Khān], Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Persia to the Court of King George III; Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to the Court of Persia; Marquis Wellesley [Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. in Shiraz; William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]; Charles Pasley, former Envoy to the Court of Persia; Brigadier-General John Malcolm; Futeh Ali Shah; and Meerza Mahomed Shefi [Mirzā Muḥammad Shafi’ Māzandarāni], Grand Vizier of Persia.

At the end of the item, probably misfiled, is an original letter from the explorer and orientalist Georg August Wallin. The letter is dated Damascus, 19 May 1849, and is addressed to an unnamed ‘Captain’. The letter is written in both English and Arabic and is an account of his overland journey from Bagdad to Damascus.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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