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Letter from Charles Arthur Molony, Deputy Persian Secretary, Fort William, Calcutta to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [32] (3/5)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 3 Jan 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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The letter is informing the Resident at Bushire that Mirza Sohraub Beg [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Suhrāb Beg] is on route to Bombay on board the HC Cruizer Aurora ; at Bombay he will obtain passage to return to Bushire. Enclosed are two letters to be relayed by the Resident:
1. Letter from Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, Governor General of India to the King of Persia, Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār, dated 6 September 1814. It informs the King that any transfer of military stores from the East India Company to the Government of Persia must be arranged through the British Ambassador at Tehran.
2. Letter from Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, Governor General of India to Haujee Mohummud Hossyne Khan, Nizam oo Dowlah [Hajjī Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān, Niẓām al-Dawlah], dated 6 September 1814. It concerns the application for military stores from the East India Company; an application that the Government has not been able to respond to since it was not channeled through the British Ambassador to the Persian Court.
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Letter from Charles Arthur Molony, Deputy Persian Secretary, Fort William, Calcutta to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [32] (3/5), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 30-34, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515475.0x00002e> [accessed 28 July 2026]
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- Letter from Charles Arthur Molony, Deputy Persian Secretary, Fort William, Calcutta to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 31:34
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