'Translation of a Letter from Mohammed Hossein Khan Karagoozloo Minister to His Royal Highness Mohammed Ally Meerza Governor of Kermanshah to Meerza Sheffea'
IOR/L/PS/9/68/94
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in Nov 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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Translation of a letter from Mohammed Hossein Khan Karagoozloo [Muhammad Hussain Khan Karagozlu], Minister [Vizier] of the Governor of Kermanshah, to the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia [Iran], Meerza Sheffea [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī]. The letter concerns events in Bagdad [Baghdad] following the overthrow of the Vizier [Governor] of Bagdad by Abdul Rahman Pacha [Abd al-Rahman Baban]. Mohammed Hossein Khan Karagoozloo relates the murder of Bagdadi notables and attacks upon pilgrims in the surrounding country, and recommends that the Shah send troops to defeat Abdul Rahman Pacha and take control of Erauk Arab [Iraq] for Persia.
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 letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 14 November 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.
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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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- 'Translation of a Letter from Mohammed Hossein Khan Karagoozloo Minister to His Royal Highness Mohammed Ally Meerza Governor of Kermanshah to Meerza Sheffea'
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- 1r:3v
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- Muhammad Hussain Khan Karagozlu
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- 'Translation of a Letter from Mohammed Hossein Khan Karagoozloo Minister to His Royal Highness Mohammed Ally Meerza Governor of Kermanshah to Meerza Sheffea'
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- 4r:4v
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