Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 12 July 1824.The letter concerns issues in Persia’s relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire], including:Internal conflict among the Baban family in Soolimaneeah [Sulaymānīyah] which led to an intervention by Persian troopsThe relations of Daood [Dāwūd] Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], with the Persian CourtThe troubled state of the frontier around Van and Salmas.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
