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)
Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] and Mirza Chéfy [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister, sent from Tauris [Tabrīz], undated. The letters describe French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong relations between France and Russia, and the threat of insurrection in British-held territories in India, and urge Persia to side with France and expel the British from the country. These letters are written in French.Letters from Hājī Muhammad Husayn Khān Amīn al-Dawlah and Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī to the East India Company, announcing the appointment of Mīrzā Abul Hassan as Persian Ambassador to London. These letters are written in Persian and were presented to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by the Persian Ambassador on 16 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)