'Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter, dated 17th September 1808'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter, dated 17th September 1808'
- Date:
- 1808/1808
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Brigadier-General John Malcolm’s 1808 mission to Persia [Iran] as East India Company Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The papers are enclosures to a packet sent to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London, from the Secret Department of the Government of Bengal, in Calcutta [Kolkata], dated 17 September 1808.There are twenty principal papers within the volume. These mostly comprise correspondence between Malcolm and the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], or his Chief Secretary, Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, but letters from Minto to Sir Harford Jones, HM Ambassador to Persia, and a minute of the Governor-General's are also included.Matters covered by the volume include:Malcolm’s journey to Persia, via Muscat, and his proceedings with the Government of MuscatMalcolm’s arrival at Abusheher [Bushehr; also spelled Bushire and Busheer in this volume] and his reception by Persian officialsCaptain Charles Pasley’s deputation to Sherauz [Shiraz], including instructions given to him by Malcolm, extracts from his journals while there, and correspondence with Jaafer Alli Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān; various spellings in this volume], ‘Native Agent’ in ShirazProgress and status of the French Embassy in Persia under General Gardanne [Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane]The threat of invasion of India by either France or Russia, and Britain’s options for responding to such a threatRussian military operations in Georgia and along Persia’s northern frontierMalcolm's plan for the Island of Kharrack [Kharg] to become a forward station in defence of the British Empire in India.Some of the principal papers include their own enclosures. These consist of letters to and from agents and officials in Persia and the wider region, including: Nusir Oolla Khan [Naṣr Allāh Khān; various spellings in this volume], Vizier to Prince Governor of Shiraz; Mohummud Nubbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī; various spellings in this volume], Vizier of Fars; and Claudius Rich, British Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad].The French language material comprises an intercepted letter from General Gardanne to the Governor of the Isle de France [Mauritius] (General Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen), dated Teheraun [Tehran], 2 May 1808.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 418; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
International relations
Diplomacy - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000397_ar
81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000397_en
IOR/G/29/34
IOR/G/29/34