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Letter no.220 of 1857 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Charles Murray, Tehran [‎161v] (2/2)

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 15 Jul 1856. 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 an apology for Jones’s inadvertent breaking of a sealed letter addressed to Murray, and a report on the arrival at Bushire of a warship belonging to the Imam of Muscat, understood to be carrying 15,000 dollars, bound for Tehran, as part of settlement between Persia and Muscat. The original date of the letter was 15 January 1857, but was crossed out and amended, as was Jones’s title, which originally read Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Persian Field Force Civil Commander and Resident of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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Letter no.220 of 1857 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Charles Murray, Tehran [‎161v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, f 161, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736812.0x000095> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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