Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Apr 1824
Date:
1824/1824
Description:
Abstract: Notes of a meeting between Meerza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abūl Hassan] Khan, Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], and John McNeill, Assistant Surgeon, 18 March 1824.In the meeting Meerza Abul Hassan related to McNeill the decided opposition of the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Persia and Britain to the British Government in India and refusal to accept an envoy of the East India Company at Court.The notes were enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 April 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/174).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)