Enclosures in Letter No.3 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Enclosures in Letter No.3 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
- Creator:
- Author: HM Ambassador to Iran
Author: French Envoy to Persia - Date:
- 1807/1809
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 3 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated March 1809, consisiting of:A letter from Jones to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 18 February 1809, reporting Jones’s arrival and reception in Tehran, the departure of the French mission under General Gardane, and Jones’s expectation of beginning negotiations with Persian ministers after the commemoration of Ashooreh [Ashūrā]A declaration by Gardane dated 17 December 1807, describing Franco-Persian treaty engagements in the context of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) and Napoleonic War.A bulletin sent by Gardane from Tabreez [Tabrīz] describing French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong French relations with Russia, and conflict between British forces and the Maratha Confederacy in central India (in French)A letter detailing the terms of subsidy and military assistance offered by Jones to Persian ministers during negotiations in March 1809.The second and third enclosures are written in French.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805) - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000079_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000079_en
IOR/L/PS/9/67/117
IOR/L/PS/9/67/117