Copy of Official Statement by HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to Persian Plenipotentiaries
Date:
1814/1814
Description:
Abstract: Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 16 November 1814. The statement denies the validity of the agreement between the former HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, and the Persian Government for the continuance of the subsidy paid by the East India Company to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/157). The statement also reports the imminent withdrawal of the British military mission in Persia.The statement 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).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)