Copy of Official Statement by HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to Persian Plenipotentiaries
IOR/L/PS/9/68/159
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 16 Nov 1814. 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 an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 16 November 1814. The statement denies the validity of the agreement between the former HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, and the Persian Government for the continuance of the subsidy paid by the East India Company to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/157). The statement also reports the imminent withdrawal of the British military mission in Persia.
The statement was enclosed in Morier and Ellis’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 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).
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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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- Copy of Official Statement by HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to Persian Plenipotentiaries
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- 1r:2v
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