‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to Meerza Sadok. Dated Tiflis 22d Jany. O.S. 1826’
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter dated 22 January 1826 from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to Meerza Sadok [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi], who is on a mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran]. Wilhemenoff requests that Meerza Sadok deliver a letter to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], and informs Meerza Sadok that until General Yermoloff has received permission from the Emperor of Russia he cannot return the disputed territory, on the north east shore of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan], to Persia.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)