Copy of Dispatch No. 9 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. 9 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 14 June 1825. The letter reports the arrival of the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, Commissaire-Ordonnateur (Financial Commissary) of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia, at Tabriz, and his meeting with the Prince Royal (Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār) to discuss the establishment of trade between France and Persia. The letter also originally enclosed a letter from Desbassayns to the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], announcing his nomination to the Court in Tehran (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/27).This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)