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Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton [1v] (2/6)
The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1825. 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 Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 24 June 1825. The letter is in reply to Swinton’s dispatch of 18 March 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/21).
The letter reports the attitude of the Shah of Persia (Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār), towards the mission of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and indicates that in concert with the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], he believes he will be able to secure the Shah’s acquiescence for the mission to approach Persia.
This document was originally 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 East India Company of 3 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/20).
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
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- 1r:3v
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