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![DalrympleWill Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::928219752.png) William Dalrymple [@DalrympleWill](/creator/twitter/DalrympleWill) on x 1.3M followers
Created: 2025-05-06 11:49:56 UTC

In this episode, @tweeter_anita & I tell the story of how Charles Elliot "Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China" was so hopelessly outwitted by Commissioner Lin that he landed Queen Victoria with a $XX million owed to Jardine, Matheson and the other Victorian Narcos for all the Opium the Commissioner demanded be destroyed.

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XXXXXX engagements

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[Post Link](https://x.com/DalrympleWill/status/1919721289662791823)