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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether to Lewis Pelly [6r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Aug 1868. 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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Letter introducing Colonel Charles Herbert, who has been sent to Baghdad (as Officiating Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ). Merewether believes the appointment to be a reward for Herbert's defence of Attock in 1848.
The letter is dated 16 August, however as Colonel Herbert's appointment in Baghdad commenced on 29 May 1868 this letter can be assumed to be from the same year.
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether to Lewis Pelly
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- 5r:6v
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