‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Excellency Mirza Abul Hussun Khan His Persian Majesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs to The Chairman of the Honourable Court of Directors’
‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Excellency Mirza Abul Hussun Khan His Persian Majesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs to The Chairman of the Honourable Court of Directors’
‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Excellency Mirza Abul Hussun Khan His Persian Majesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs to The Chairman of the Honourable Court of Directors’
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Mirza Abul Hussun Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi], to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letter communicates the events leading to the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, detailing the dispute over the frontier, unsuccessful attempts to negotiate the settlement of the frontier, and the outbreak of hostilities and attendant uprisings by local populations in the Caucasus against 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 23 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/116).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)