Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning
IOR/L/PS/9/68/80
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 30 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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Copy of a letter from 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, To HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, of 30 August 1810. The letter relates to the French Envoy, Georges Outrey, who was reported to be accompanying the Persian Ambassador to France Askar Khan [Askar Khan Afshar] on his return journey to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/72), and encloses documents from the Persian Government (not enclosed in this item) concerning the matter. The letter also contains details of British machinations concerning the conflict between Russia and Persia, and reports the surrender of the Dutch settlement of Amboyna [Ambon] to the British.
The letter was enclosed in Jones’s Secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.
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- English 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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- 30 Aug 1810 (CE, Gregorian)
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- HM Ambassador to IranHM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireAmbassador of Persia to France
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Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/80, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0000df> [accessed 3 August 2026]
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning
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- 1r:3v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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