‘Letters from Persia received Jan.1.1856’ [4r] (7/16)
The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1856. 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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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (15-21 November 1855, Numbers 82-87). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The central topic is a dispute between Murray and Mirza Aqa Khan-e Nuri (Persian Grand Vizier, Sadr-i-A'zam) over the envoy's attempt to employ Mirza Hashim Khan as a news writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. at the British mission, the subsequent striking of the British flag, and the withdrawal of the mission from Tehran. The summaries also contain news reports from Bokhara, Cabool [Kabul], and Herat.
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- Mss Eur F231/27, ff 1-8
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- ‘Letters from Persia received Jan.1.1856’
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- 1r:8v
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