Enclosure 117 to letter of 5 Oct 1828
IOR/L/PS/9/71/296
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 20 Sep 1828. 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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Dispatch No. 117 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Andrew Stirling, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bengal From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. , sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 20 September 1828.
The letter reports the arrival from London of Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant Captain John Campbell, and forwards a list of correspondence carried by Campbell.
This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 36 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 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 of 5 October 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/262).
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- Enclosure 117 to letter of 5 Oct 1828
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