Copy of a Dispatch from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, enclosed with a Cover Letter from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
Copy of a Dispatch from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, enclosed with a Cover Letter from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
Copy of a Dispatch from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, enclosed with a Cover Letter from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
Date:
1812/1812
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 2 from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 17 January 1812. The dispatch details Ouseley’s support for continuing to pay Persia a subsidy with which to train its armed forces, giving the following reasons:Persian perceptions of increased military success as a result of the subsidySecuring the position of Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza, as successor to the ShahThe danger of Persian enmity threatening British possessions in IndiaThe role of the subsidy in influencing the Shah’s attitude towards peace with Russia.The dispatch is enclosed with a cover letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, dated 25 January 1812, and was received on 8 August 1812.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)