Letter from Justin Sheil, British Envoy to Tehran, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 30-31
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 30 Jul 1852. 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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Sheil reports on the Persian Government's protest at European merchants selling their goods to Persian Government workers on credit. Sheil writes that the Persian Government is complaining that the practice is putting many Persians in debt, who are subsequently imprisoned and their houses seized. He continues that the Government requests the cooperation of European merchants in abstaining from extending credit to Persian Government servants in future.
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 30-31
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- 30 Jul 1852 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 30-31
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- Letter from Justin Sheil, British Envoy to Tehran, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 30r:31v
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