Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Camp at Sultanieh, to the Russian Envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff
Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Camp at Sultanieh, to the Russian Envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff
Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Camp at Sultanieh, to the Russian Envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in camp at Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to the Russian envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], of 23 July 1826. The letter is in reply to Minchikoff’s letter requesting that Willock offer his protection to Noskoff [Noskov] and his party, who are travelling to Tehran to deliver a gift of a glass couch to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/112). Willock assures Minchikoff that he will place under his protection Noskoff and his party, and also all Russian subjects remaining in 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)