Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 1 of 3 Feb 1810 [‎1v] (2/6)

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A translation of a letter from Hajee Mohammed Hussein Khan Ameen ed Dowlah [Muhammad Hossein Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Second Minister of Persia [Iran], to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia, received 7 January 1810. Following the conclusion of an alliance [Preliminary Treaty] with Britain, the letter reports the expulsion of the French representative Jouanin from Azarbaijan [Āzerbāījān] and the recall of Asker Khan [‘Askar Khān Afshār], Persian Ambassador to France, and asserts that Captain Charles Pasley, also present in the country as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. of the Governor-General of Bengal, will be spurned by the Persian Court.

Enclosed in the above are two further letters from the Ameen ed Dowlah, professing friendship and addressing Jones's bills for subsidy payments which have been rejected by the East India Company.

The letter and enclosures were enclosed in Jones's Letter No. 1 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 dated 3 February 1810.

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