Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Hardford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning
Date:
1810/1810
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, To HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, of 30 August 1810. The letter relates to the French Envoy, Georges Outrey, who was reported to be accompanying the Persian Ambassador to France Askar Khan [Askar Khan Afshar] on his return journey to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/72), and encloses documents from the Persian Government (not enclosed in this item) concerning the matter. The letter also contains details of British machinations concerning the conflict between Russia and Persia, and reports the surrender of the Dutch settlement of Amboyna [Ambon] to the British.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s Secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)