Copy of Dispatch No. 6 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Date:
1825/1825
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 6 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 1 April 1825. The letter originally enclosed correspondence between the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], and the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/13-15), and a document concerning discussions between Russia and Persia concerning their frontier from a secret informant (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/16). Willock reports his expectation that the discussions concerning the frontier have been closed successfully, and details a dispute concerning the efforts of the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Mazarovich (Semyon Mazarovich), to prolong discussions regarding the establishment of a Russian Consul General at Resht [Rasht].This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/11).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)