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‘Translation of a letter from H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’ [1v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 item (1 folio). It was created in 1826. 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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The translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter is a complimentary letter marking Macdonald Kinneir’s approach to the Court of the Shah, enquiring after his health following delays to his approach.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9, in Macdonald Kinneir’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 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).
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- ‘Translation of a letter from H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’
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- 1r:1v
- Author
- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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