Persian Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 183-261
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The record is made up of 1 item (79 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1854. 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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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the 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. Secret Department 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. , Number 42 of 1854, dated 20 July 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 10 May to 23 June 1854.
The enclosures contain correspondence from HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, to the Earl of Clarendon concerning Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]. Also included are the following: translations of two letters from the Agent at Muscat, reporting on the arrival of His Highness the Imam; copies of letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to HM Mission at the Court of Persia [Iran].
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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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- No 42 of 1854
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- 20 Jul 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Political ResidentHM Chargé d'Affaires to Iran
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- IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 183-261
- Title
- Persian Affairs
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- 183r:232r, 233r, 234r:261v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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