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1. 'Relative to the expense and establishment of the Persian Mission.'
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- Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the expenses of the East India Company’s Persian Mission. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1826-29, but there is also a letter dated 30 July 1823. The correspondence consists of letters between: the Court of Directors, East India Company; George Swinton, Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; Andrew Stirling, Acting Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; and Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald (John Macdonald Kinneir), British Envoy at the Court of Persia [Iran]. Topics include:· The failure of the Persian Mission to keep within the limits for expenditure set by the Government of Bengal· The efforts of Macdonald to justify the expenses incurred by the mission· The involvement of the mission during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828), and in particular the role played by Captain John Campbell, Second Assistant to the Mission· The question of the number of staff henceforward needed by the mission.The correspondence also contains a ‘table of allowances sanctioned by government to the mission for one month and disbursements made by the treasurer for items independent of the mission’ (ff 229-230), and an extract of a resolution issued by the East India Company Territorial Department regarding the allowances to be assigned to Residents and Commissioners (ff 256-7).The title page (f 207) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 779’, ‘Draft 348’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, December 1829’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 207, and terminates at f 257, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'NOTE ON BRITISH MISSION AT TEHERAN.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a note written by Owen Tudor Burne, in which the author provides a historical summary of the administration of the British Mission at Teheran [Tehran], describing a number of occasions on which the Mission had been transferred, administratively and financially, between the Foreign Office and the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 204 and terminates at the last folio with 205, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 204-205; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.