Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, British Envoy to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 28 December 1808. The letter: confirms the receipt of political instructions from Lord Minto; remarks on the mission of Sir Harford Jones, also present in Persia as British Envoy Extraordinary, in particular Jones's prospects of being allowed to proceed to Court in Teheraun [Tehrān]; and asserts that Jones should withdraw from Persia.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 19 February 1810. The letter: describes Malcolm's arrival and reception in Bushire and Captain Charles Pasley's advance to Shirauz [Shirāz] and meeting with the Prince [Prince-Governor of Fārs]; comments on the mission of Sir Harford Jones, also present in Persia as British Envoy Extraordinary, in particular Jones’s payment of subsidies to Persian officials; discusses the future of Anglo-Persian relations, expressing distrust in the Persian Court and Macolm's belief in a secret undertaking between Persia and France; and denies allegations made by Jones regarding his conduct and that of his companion Captain Charles Pasley, in particular a suggestion that Malcolm is supporting a rival claimant to the Persian throne.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 7 January 1810. The letter comments on the mission to Persia of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary; and expresses distrust in the Persian Court and the prospect of a lasting alliance, in light of the continued French presence in the country and Persian overtures to Russia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], sent from a camp near Shirauz [Shirāz] and dated 10 May 1810. The letter forwards communications with Persian officials, and also covers: Malcolm's distrust in the Persian Court; the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary, also present in Persia; the diplomatic situation affecting Persia in the context of the Napoleonic Wars; the possibility of a peace between Russia and Persia; and the effect of this on Anglo-Persian relations, in particular the question of continuing a subsidy to Persia.Part of the letter is written in code.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 2 March 1810. The letter forwards various letters related to Malcom's mission, and also covers: Malcolm's communication with the Prince of Shirauz [Shirāz] [Prince-Governor of Fārs] and his Vizier Mahomed Nubbee Khan [Mohammed Nabī Khān Shirāzī]; the apparent sympathies of the Crown Prince Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] with France; the relationship with the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary, also present in the country; and the despatch of various officers to survey routes on the frontiers of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp at Persepolis [Takht-e Jamshīd] and dated 17 May 1810. The letter forwards a report from Claudius Rich, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], concerning the murder of Captain Grant and Cornet Fotheringham on the road from Bagdad to Persia during a route survey ordered by Malcolm, and calls for their alleged killer, Kulb Aly Khan [Kalb ‘Ali Khān], to be punished.The letter was enclosed in Malcom’s dispatch to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 22 May 1810 (IOR/L/PS/9/67/74).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Shiraz and dated 10 May 1810, concerning route surveys on the frontiers of Persia ordered by Malcolm. The letter reports the death of Captain Grant and Cornet Fotheringham on the road from Baghdad to Isfahan [Eṣfahān]; and the arrival in Shiraz of Captain McDonald and Lieutenant Monteith from Bussora [Basra] across southern Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Shirauz [Shirāz] and dated 6 May 1810. The letter concerns: Malcolm's arrival and reception in Shirauz and meeting with local officials, including the Prince-Governor of Fars and his Vizier, Mahomed Nubbee Khan [Mohammed Nabī Khān Shirāzī]; the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary, also present in Persia; and Malcolm's plans to proceed to Teheran [Tehrān].Part of the letter is written in code and has not been deciphered.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Captain Charles Pasley, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 29 December 1808, concerning the planned occupation of Karrack [Khārg] island as part of a new defence strategy in the region. The letter requests that Pasley prepare to join Malcolm on Kharrack; gather information regarding the size of the Persian [Iranian] garrison on Kharrack and the possibility of its commander defecting to Britain; inform Claudius Rich, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], of the new policy and seek his opinion; establish contact with and collect information on the Wahabees [Wahhabis]; and make arrangements for supplying troops on Kharrack.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Henry Dundas, former President of the Board of Control, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 3 January 1809. In order to acquaint Dundas with the state of affairs in the region Malcom forwards his correspondence with: Lord Minto, the Governor-General of Bengal; Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran]; and Captain Charles Pasley. He also informs Dundas of his planned expedition to the Persian Gulf and undertakes to keep Dundas regularly informed of events.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran]; the Treaty of Mysoor [Mysore or Mysuru]; an additional regiment of cavalry being raised in accordance with the Treaty of Hyderabad; and the extent to which the military establishments [military staff] of Fort St George and Bombay [Mumbai] should be increased.There is a postscript dated 5 September 1799 concerning the news received from Syria of the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army at St Jean D’Acre [Akko].The letter was received via the ship Earl Howe, 30 August 1800.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 30 January 1809. The letter: censures Jones for his conduct during his mission in Persia, in particular his refusal to follow Minto’s instructions to abandon his mission and leave the country, and the perceived damage to the prestige of the Supreme Government of India caused by this; expresses distrust in the Court of Persia, citing the treatment of Brigadier-General John Malcolm and Captain Charles Pasley during an earlier mission to Persia; and again urges Jones to withdraw.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter No. 8 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (18 folios)