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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 10 Sep 1825. 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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Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Oojaun [Ujan], 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 10 September 1825, which was received on 14 November 1825. The letter originally enclosed a copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 12 April 1825, in which he clarifies the intent of certain passages contained therein (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/38).

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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/9/70/37

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10 Sep 1825 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Oojaun, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/37, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002b4> [accessed 9 July 2026]

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