Letter from HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
- Date:
- 1814/1814
- Description:
- Abstract: A letter, numbered 4, from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 30 November 1814. The letter concerns the negotiations between Morier and Ellis and Persian representatives for alterations to the Definitive Treaty agreed by the former HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in 1813. Morier and Ellis explain that they were able to secure the Shah of Persia’s ratification of the modified treaty in return for Ellis personally delivering a communication from the Shah to the Prince Regent of Great Britain concerning a bond pledged by Ouseley regarding the subsidy paid by Britain to Persia. The letter also gives details of the negotiations and the addition of two articles to the original treaty.The letter encloses a copy of the Definitive Treaty (not included in this item), and copies of the official notes passed between the English and Persian representatives (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).The letter was enclosed in Morier and Ellis’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158), which was delivered by Ellis on 13 March 1815.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Negotiation
Treaties - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000126_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000126_en
IOR/L/PS/9/68/151
IOR/L/PS/9/68/151