‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
- Date:
- 1858/1859
- Description:
- Abstract: The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent onwards to the Secretary to the Government Bombay, with covering letters written by Jones.The extracts touch on the following subjects:General political and military affairs in Shiraz;General reports on the appearance and extent of disease (cholera and fever) in Persia and the Persian ports;Reports of maladministration at Fars, and the efforts of the Prince Governor of Fars to collect revenue in order to pay debts due, to be collected by a mohussil (coercive collector of revenue) from Tehran;Movements in Persia of the Prussian ambassador Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli, his subsequent death from fever, interment in an Armenian cemetery in Shiraz, and the disturbance of his grave.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and runs until the last page of writing. The sequence consists of a circled pencil number in the top right hand corner of each folio. It ends on the last folio of writing, on number 31. Foliation anomalies: f 28 is followed by f 28A. ff 28 and 9 are A3 foldouts with text on recto and verso.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter book
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Cholera
Prince-Governor of Fārs, Qajar dynasty
Native Agent, Shiraz - Geographic region:
- Sheraz
Fars - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000089_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000089_en
IOR/R/15/1/164
IOR/R/15/1/164