Copy of a Letter from the Russian Envoy to Persia, Prince Minchikoff, in Sultanieh, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], in Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, of 23 July 1826. In the letter, Minchikoff requests that Willock take under his protection the party of Honorary Consul Noskoff [Noskov], who is travelling to Tehran to deliver a crystal couch to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] as a gift, and to facilitate Noskoff’s return to Russia in the event of war breaking out between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/109).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)