'Translation of a Letter from His Excellency Meerza Sheffee to His Excellency Askar Khan His Majesty Fath Ally Shah's late Ambassador at the Court of Paris'

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Translation of a letter from the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia, Meerza Sheffee [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī] to the Persian Ambassador at the Court of Paris, Askar Khan [Askar Khan Afshar]. The letter relates to the French Envoy, Georges Outrey, who was reported to be accompanying Askar Khan on his return journey to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/72). The letter welcomes Askar Khan’s imminent return, and instructs him to break ties will all French subjects, on account of the Anglo-Persian alliance, and to establish communication with His Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], Stratford Canning.

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, Sir Harford Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.

Extent and format

1 item (2 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/68/77

History of this record

Date(s)

c Aug 1810 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomatsDiplomacy

People & organisations

Prime Minister to the Shah of PersiaAmbassador of Persia to France

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