Persia Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 5-106
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The record is made up of 1 item (102 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1843. 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’s 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 64 of 1843, dated 30 September 1843. The enclosures are dated 12 May-8 August 1843.
The papers relate to affairs in Persia [Iran] and include the claims of British Officers and non-Commissioned Officers on the Persian Government.
The principal correspondents are: the Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Arnold Burrowes Kemball) and HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran (Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil).
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- 1 item (102 folios)
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- English in Latin script
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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/5/424, ff 5-106
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- No. 64 of 1843
- Date(s)
- 30 Sep 1843 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Diplomacy
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- Persia
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- HM Chargé d'Affaires to IranSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsAssistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 5-106
- Title
- Persia Affairs
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- 5r:11v, 11ar:11av, 12r:106v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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