‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to H.E. Meerza Abul Hassan Khan H.P.M’s Minister for Foreign Affairs – Tiflis. March - 1825’
‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to H.E. Meerza Abul Hassan Khan H.P.M’s Minister for Foreign Affairs – Tiflis. March - 1825’
‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to H.E. Meerza Abul Hassan Khan H.P.M’s Minister for Foreign Affairs – Tiflis. March - 1825’
Date:
1825/1825
Description:
Abstract: A translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], at Tiflis [Tbilisi], to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi], dated March 1825. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran] concerning land on the borders of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan]. Yermoloff entreats Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to secure the ratification of an agreement made between Yermoloff’s deputy, General Wilhemenoff, and the Persian envoy Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti], the Beglerbeggee [Beglerbegi, or Beylerbeyi, Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Tabreez [Tabriz], which would cede the contested territory 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 (4 folios)