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Copy of a Letter from the Commissaire-Ordonnateur of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia, the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, to the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Aboul Wahab [‎1v] (2/8)

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Copy of a Letter from the Commissaire-Ordonnateur of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia, the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, to the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Aboul Wahab
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1825. It was written in French. 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 the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, Commissaire-Ordonnateur (Financial Commissary) of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia [Iran], to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Aboul Wahab [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], dated 22 Sha’ban 1240 [11 April 1825]. The letter announces Desbassayns’s arrival in Casbin [Qazvin] and his plans to proceed to Tehran to meet the Shah (Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār).

This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, 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 3 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).

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Copy of a Letter from the Commissaire-Ordonnateur of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia, the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, to the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Aboul Wahab
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Desbassayns, Eugène Panon, Vicomte de Richemont
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