Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
IOR/L/PS/9/68/66
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in c 1810. It was written in French. 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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Copy of an anonymous letter in French sent from Mascat [Muscat] to an unnamed French correspondent in the service of an Indian state, undated. This letter was part of the papers seized from Jean Robbio, a French courier captured in Bushire by Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/60). The letter describes the author’s situation in Mascat [Muscat], and asks for assistance from the correspondent in return for a reward and the services of an experienced French navigator who is with the author in Mascat.
The letter was enclosed in HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.
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- French in Latin script
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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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- c 1810 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
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- 2r:3v
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