Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Ardabeel, to the Persian Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, Mirza Baba
IOR/L/PS/9/70/126
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1826. 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 Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Ardabeel [Ardabil], to the Persian Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, Mirza Baba, of 27 August 1826. In the letter Willock offers Mirza Baba his thanks and approbation for his meritorious service to the mission, on the occasion of Willock resigning charge of the mission due to the arrival of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Willock’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 27 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/124).
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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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- 27 Aug 1826 (CE, Gregorian)
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Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Ardabeel, to the Persian Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, Mirza Baba, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/126, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00030d> [accessed 9 July 2026]
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Ardabeel, to the Persian Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, Mirza Baba
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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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