'Translation of a Letter from Mahomed Ali Mirza Prince of Kermanshah to Mirza Abdel Wahab Moatemed ed Dowlah'
Date:
1819/1819
Description:
Abstract: A translation of a letter from Mahomed Ali Mirza [Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā Dawlatshāh], the Prince of Kermanshah, to the Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], Mirza Abdel Wahab, Moatemed ed Dowlah [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah]. The letter concerns a dispute between the Pacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad], Daood Pacha [Dāwūd Pāshā], and Mahmood Pacha [Maḥmūd Pāshā] of the Babam [Baban]. The Prince details the tacit support he has given to Mahmood Pacha, and his readiness to ‘take advantage’ of the situation.The dispatch was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/195), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)