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merchant, the latter a celebrated author. He was a Persian Ambassador and British Resident in the

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commanding the Presidencies of

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and Bussoia. He married Anni Petroose, daughter of Khan Petroose, a Persian Minister and grand niece to the late King

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Nicholas Hankey 1771 births 1837 deaths 18th-century British diplomats