‘Complaint preferred by the Persian Government, that Persian Merchants have been prevented by the authorities in India from purchasing military stores’
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 433-445
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The record is made up of 1 item (13 folios). It was created in 30 Nov 1844. 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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Enclosure nos. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 3 August-5 November 1844.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a complaint by the Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran] that authorities in Bombay prevented the purchase of arms by Persian merchants, and evidence proffered by the Collector of Customs, Bombay, that suggests the accusation to be baseless.
As well as the Foreign Minister and the Collector of Customs, the correspondents are HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, and the Government of India.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 433-445
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- No. 98 of 1844
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- 30 Nov 1844 (CE, Gregorian)
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- HM Chargé d'Affaires to IranGovernment of IndiaGovernment of Bombay, Collector of CustomsMinister for Foreign Affairs
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- IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 433-445
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- ‘Complaint preferred by the Persian Government, that Persian Merchants have been prevented by the authorities in India from purchasing military stores’
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- 437r:437v
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- Government of Persia
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- IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 433-445
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- ‘Complaint preferred by the Persian Government, that Persian Merchants have been prevented by the authorities in India from purchasing military stores’
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- 433r:436v, 438r:445v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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