‘A detail of occurrences at Tabreez since the 24th of October to the 5th of November 1827’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘A detail of occurrences at Tabreez since the 24th of October to the 5th of November 1827’
- Creator:
- Author: George Willock
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: A report by George Willock on the events occurring at Tabreez [Tabriz] from 24 October 1827 to 5 November 1827. The report gives a detailed description of the advance of the Russian army towards Tabreez and the occupation of the city by Russian troops led by Prince Arristoff [Georgii Yevseevich Eristov] without opposition during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], notably:The movement of refugees away from the Russian advanceThe flight and capture of Alli Yar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia]The desertion of Persian troops and the entry of Russian troops and officers into the cityThe Russian occupation of the city and the various responses of the local elites and population to the occupationThe submission of other towns and districts of the province of Azerbijoun [Azerbaijan], including the siding of some of the tribes in the region with Russia and the rising of some populations against Persian ruleThe arrival of the commander of Russian forces, General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], at the head of the Russian army, including the extent and composition of the Russian forcesThe movements of Russian forces in Persia.The account concludes by reporting the meeting between the Russian plenipotentiary General Obreskoff [Aleksandr Mikhailovich Obreskov] and the Cayim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia], at which the Cayim Mukam was presented with peace terms (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in dispatch No. 74 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Military occupation - Geographic region:
- Tabreez
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003da_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003da_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/100
IOR/L/PS/9/71/100