'Extract of a Letter dated Pera August 2 1810 from His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the Porte, to Sir Harford Jones'
IOR/L/PS/9/68/68
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1810. 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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Extract of a letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Porte [Ottoman Empire], Stratford Canning, to 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, of 2 August 1810. The letter encloses extracts of correspondence from Petersburgh [St Petersburg] concerning Jones’s efforts to frustrate Russian attempts to end the war with Persia (not included in this item), and also comments on the future course of the war.
The letter was enclosed in Jones’s Dispatch No. 26 of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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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/L/PS/9/68/68
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- 2 Aug 1810 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
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- HM Ambassador to IranHM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
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- 'Extract of a Letter dated Pera August 2 1810 from His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the Porte, to Sir Harford Jones'
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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