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 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 sent on behalf of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], dated 10 July 1810. The letter acknowledges the receipt of Jones’s letters from February and March 1810, and informs Jones that letters from the Chairman of the Court of Directors have been sent via Mirza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador to London.Physical description: 1 item (2 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)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], expressing his approval at the course of action which Jones proposed to take in relation to his own mission to Persia and the mission of John Malcolm as the Supreme Government of India's Envoy to Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 10 July 1808, and was received on 13 December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter in French from Jean Raymond to the Governor-General of the Isle de France [Mauritius] Capitaine Général De Caen [Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen], of 31 January 1809. This letter was part of the papers seized from French courier Jean Robbio at Bushire by Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/60). The letter concerns:The arrival of Sir Harford Jones at Chiraz [Shiraz] and the refusal of the Shah of Persia Fath Ali Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar] and his Grand Vizier [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī] to treat with himThe difficulties experienced by Raymond in attempting to secure the loyalty of the Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], Soliman III [Sulayman Pasha]The reception of James Rich [Claudius James Rich] as Resident in Bagdad, and the visit to Bagdad by a party of British military surveyorsSoliman III’s motivations for keeping Bussora [Basra] within Bagdad’s sphere of influence.The letter was enclosed in HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 9 April 1810, concerning the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran]. The letter criticises Jones for not keeping the Government of Bengal and the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors informed of his mission, in particular his expenditure.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 30 January 1810. The letter recommends informing other members of the Court of Directors and the Governor-General of Bengal of the present state of treaty negotiations with Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 10 March 1810. The letter requests permission to inform other members of the Court of Directors of the present state of treaty negotiations with Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Edward Parry, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 21 August 1807. The letter concerns the reimbursement of Sir Harford Jones for expenses incurred by preparations for a diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], which has been suspended following Dundas’s dispatch of 30 June (IOR/L/PS/9/67/94).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)