Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (20 April 1856, Numbers 18-21).The despatches consist of short reports on the following: the removal of the protection of the Russian Government from the family of the late Khan Baba Khan, the reaction in Tehran to a Firman issued by the Ottoman Sultan respecting the status of his non-Muslim subjects, disturbances in Khiva, and the advance of Persian forces towards Herat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)