Abstract: Translation of a letter from Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff to the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter remonstrates against the actions of the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] in forcing a guard of Russian soldiers away from territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan], which is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute between Russia and Persia.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter addressed by the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to General Wilhemenoff, who is working on behalf of the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. The letter is in reply to Wilhemenoff’s letter concerning the stationing of Russian troops on territory contested between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/68). Abbas Mirza denies that Russia has any right to station soldiers on the contested territory, and contests Wilhemenoff’s definition of the frontier and his claims concerning the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] interfering with the Russian troops, demanding the withdrawal of these soldiers.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)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], of 14 October 1825. The letter remonstrates against the occupation of Persian territory by a detachment of Russian soldiers, contrary to an agreement between Russia and Persia for the stationing of a small Russian guard on the contested territory. Abbas Mirza demands the withdrawal of the Russian troops, stating that the territory is Persian in accordance with the Treaty of Gulistan.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. In the letter Abbas Mirza entreats Yermoloff to discuss the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia with the Emperor of Russia, Alexander, during the visit of the Emperor to Astrachan [Astrakhan], to aid in the settlement of the dispute.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff. The letter is in reply to Wilhemenoff’s letter concerning the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] having driven Russian soldiers away from territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/52). The letter states that the disputed territory is Persian territory, in concordance with the Treaty of Gulistan, and denies Russia the right to occupy it until an arrangement for the settlement of the frontier has been agreed.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of the journal kept by the Persian [Iranian] envoy, Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī], sent to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate with the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. Mirza Mahomed Ali details his arrival and reception at Tiflis, and his discussions with General Yermoloff concerning the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. These discussions concern: the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Persia; the frontier dispute centered on Gokcha [Lake Sevan] that led to the outbreak of war; and the unsuccessful attempts to resolve the dispute and avoid war through diplomatic missions, particularly that of Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] to Persia. The journal also indicates that General Yermoloff refused permission for Mirza Mahomed Ali to proceed to Petersburgh [St Petersburg] to negotiate with the Russian Government owing to the state of war between Russia and Persia, and also refused to agree to an armistice without the express permission of the Emperor of Russia, but did agree to transmit communications between the Persian and Russian governments via Mirza Mahomed Ali. The journal also records Mirza Mahomed Ali’s communications with the former Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazarovitch [Semyon Mazarovich], and Generals Devitch [General Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkansky] and Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov], concerning subjects such as the interests of the British in the war, the Emperor of Russia’s war aims, and Madatoff’s military campaign in the khanate of Erivan [Yerevan].This document also includes a translation of the message from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī) to General Yermoloff, as delivered by Mirza Mahomed Ali, proposing an armistice and negotiations for peace (ff 5-6).This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 April 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/220).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a note delivered by Meerza Sadok [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi] to the Russian authorities in Georgia during his mission to negotiate a solution to the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran] concerning land on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan]. The note conveys the ‘spirit of the Shah’s message’ concerning the frontier dispute, denying the validity of the previous agreement made concerning the frontier, as negotiated by Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti], which the Shah refuses to ratify. The note demands that the Russian authorities therefore ‘pause’ until either a Persian envoy has successfully concluded negotiations at St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], or else the Russians provide Persia with a formal notification of their refusal to ‘pause’.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a note from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Vizier of the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], the Kaim Makam [Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, Qa'im Maqam], of 14 June 1826. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus. In the letter Prince Minchikoff indicates that a definition of the frontier between Russia and Persia received from the Kaim Makam is ‘far from being calculated to remove the misunderstandings between the two States’. He also indicates that he is anxious to proceed to Sooltaneeah [Solţānīyeh] to negotiate the frontier with the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār].This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 July 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/99).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].A page of contents and list of annexes appears on folio 2v with the following sections:'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KCMG, KBE, CB' (folios 3-9);'Record of Proceedings' (folios 10-22);'Memorandum and Minutes of the Proceedings of the 'Iraq-Najd Sub-Committee' (folios 23-32);'Memorandum on the Proposed Arbitration between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios 33-34)'Notes Exchanged on the Suspension of Negotiations' (folios 34v-35);'Draft Extradition Agreement' (folios 36-27);'Draft Bon Voisinage Agreement' (folios 38-40);'Correspondence Relating to Frontier Incidents, April, 1928' (folios 40v-43).There is one appendix which consists of Colonial Office letters of instruction to Sir Gilbert Clayton, dated 17 April 1928 (folios 43v-47). The front cover is marked 'Confidential' and 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office'. Clayton's account is continued in 'Middle East No. 28', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/2).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in January 1929, is a continuation of the April-June 1928 account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the second part of his third mission (July-August 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].A page of contents and list of annexures appears on folio 2v with the following sections:'Colonial Office to Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., 19th July, 1928 (Letters of Instructions)' (folios xx);'Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., to Colonial Office, 3rd September, 1928 (Further Report on his Mission)' (folios XX);'Record of Proceedings' (folios XX);'Memorandum on the Proceedings of the Sub-Committee Meetings' (folios XX);'Draft Note on the Arbitration of Raids between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios XX).There is one appendix which consists of a Foreign Office letter to the Acting British Agent and Consul, Jeddah, dated 1 November 1928. The front cover is marked 'Confidential', 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office' and 'In continuation of Middle East No. 25', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/1).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circles, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait] and other chiefs.It includes the following:Report - The Standing Sub-Committee advise on the terminus of the Baghdad Railway, control of the navigation of the Shat-Al-Arab [Shatt al Arab], and the limits of Turkish sovereignty in the Shat-Al-Arab and on the shores of the Gulf.Proceedings - minutes of the First Meeting, 24 May 1911; and minutes of the Second Meeting, 15 June 1911.The following appendices are also contained in the report:I. Memorandum on Turkish aggression in the Persian Gulf, by the Foreign Office.II. Memorandum on local action in the Persian Gulf, by the General Staff, War Office.III. Letter on the Shat-Al-Arab and Koweit, from the Naval Commander-in-chief, East Indies, to the Government of India.IV. Report of the Inter-Departmental Conference on the Baghdad Railway terminus, by the Foreign Office, 1907.V. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Muhamrah (Mohammerah)[Khorramshahr].VI. Memorandum on the Turco-Persian boundary question 1833-1906, by the Foreign Office.VII. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Mohammerah, 1906-1911.Some treaty extracts and agreements are in French.Also contains three maps:f 25: 'MAP OF MOHAMMERAH AND DISTRICT PREPARED IN 1850'f 43: 'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'f 44: 'PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum on the Aden boundary delimitation prepared by Colin George Campbell for the India Office, with telegram excerpts from the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Viceroy of India.It includes an update on developments with regard to Upper Yaffai and its inclusion in the nine tribes, and the question of military arrangements for the escort of the British Commission's surveying operations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 25, and terminates at f 27, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 30-32; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.