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Letter from William Taylor Thompson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Resident [Political Agent in Turkish Arabia], Baghdad [‎108r] (5/6)

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Letter from William Taylor Thompson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Resident [Political Agent in Turkish Arabia], Baghdad
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 106-108

The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 27 Nov 1853. It was written in English and Turkish, Ottoman. 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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The letter is reporting that the hostile attitude of the Government of Persia towards the British has proven short lived; it explains this is because the promises made to the Shah by the Russian Minister were not within his power to make. It notes that in consequence, the Persian Government has made friendly overtures to the Turkish Government.

Enclosed with the letter is a communication (in Persian) from the Persian Government to the Ottoman Ambassador, which explains the present state of affairs between Persia and Turkey [Ottoman Empire].

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Letter from William Taylor Thompson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Resident [Political Agent in Turkish Arabia], Baghdad [‎108r] (5/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 106-108, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514233.0x000012> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 106-108
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Letter from William Taylor Thompson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Resident [Political Agent in Turkish Arabia], Baghdad
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106r:106v, 107v:108v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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