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Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Lieutenants Christie and Lindesay and Ensign Monteith [2v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 3 Oct 1810. 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 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Lieutenants Charles Christie and Henry Lindesay and Ensign [Second Lieutenant] William Monteith, the leaders of a British detachment serving on campaign against Russia with the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza, of 3 October 1810 (IOR/L/PS/9/68/82). In the letter Jones gives praise and encouragement to the officers for their conduct in the campaign, and instructs them to afford any further assistance that the Crown Prince might require.
The letter was enclosed in Jones’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 16 October 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Lieutenants Christie and Lindesay and Ensign Monteith
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- 1r:2v
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