Extract from a despatch from the Honourable the Secret Committee, along with an extract of a letter from Lord Palmerston to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 42
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 6 Nov 1851. 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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Palmerston's letter instructs Sheil to make arrangements with the Persian Government for Persian officers to be placed with Her Majesty's and East India Company ships, to assist in the searching of Persian vessels. Palmerston recommends that suitable persons be based at Bushire, and requests that Hennell be instructed to make the necessary arrangements, including giving officers a translated copy of the British-Persian agreement.
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- 6 Nov 1851 (CE, Gregorian)
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Extract from a despatch from the Honourable the Secret Committee, along with an extract of a letter from Lord Palmerston to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/127 f 42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517346.0x000014> [accessed 29 March 2024]
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- Extract from a despatch from the Honourable the Secret Committee, along with an extract of a letter from Lord Palmerston to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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- 42r:42v
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