Letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
IOR/L/PS/9/70/189
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1827. 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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A letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 10 February 1827. The letter concerns the memorial submitted by Captain Hart to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, through which he hopes to receive similar ‘indulgences’ to other British officers serving in Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/190). In the letter, Captain Hart, who is training Persian troops, indicates that he believes that he has not received the same treatment as other officers due to his being in the service of HM Government, while they are in the service of the East India Company. He appeals to Macdonald Kinneir to make representations to the Company in favour of his memorial on the basis that Macdonald Kinneir is familiar with the case, including his duties, which are ‘not of an easy or trifling nature’.
This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’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 12 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/188).
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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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- Letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
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- 1r:2v
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