Copy of Dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 17 February 1826. The letter reports Persia’s intention of sending an embassy of condolence and congratulation to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg] following the death of the Emperor of Russia, Alexander, and the succession of a new Emperor, Constantine [Konstantin Pavlovich], and the recall of the mission of Mirza Saudik [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi] from Tiflis [Tbilisi] following Emperor Alexander’s death. Willock also details the wishes of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] for the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi] to write to Canning concerning the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus with a request that the British Ambassador at St Peterburgh assist in settling the dispute.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 February 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/66).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)