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Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822 [1v] (2/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1822. 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 translation of a rukum Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. [letter] from Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ], Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 7 Shahban [Sha’bān] 1237/29 April 1822.
In response to a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). [edict] from the Shah (IOR/L/PS/9/69/90) the letter protests Willock’s planned departure from Tabreez [Tabrīz] to Britain to discuss arrears in subsidy payments to Persia, instead asking him to remain in order to negotiate frontier issues with Turkey [Ottoman Empire].
The letter was enclosed in Willock’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 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 4 May 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/88).
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- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822
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- 1r:3v
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- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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