‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to the Prince Royal’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to the Prince Royal’
- Date:
- 1825/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: The translation of a letter from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran] [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], in reply to the Prince Royal’s letter concerning the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia over land on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/69). In the letter, General Wilhemenoff gives a detailed disputation of the Prince Royal’s assessment of the frontier, with reference to the Treaty of Gulistan. He goes on to declare that the agreement for the frontier negotiated between himself and the Persian envoy Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti] is considered binding by Russia, and that General Yermoloff intends to ‘hold and protect’ the territory allotted to Russia by that agreement. Wilhemenoff also denies that the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan], who had ordered Russian soldiers away from their pickets on contested territory, had the right to do so, as the land, he claims, belongs to Russia.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 (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Frontiers
Border disputes - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002de_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002de_en
IOR/L/PS/9/70/79
IOR/L/PS/9/70/79