Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending of the Persian siege; Anglo-Persian diplomatic relations notably in context of the Shah’s connections with Russia.The intelligence is provided to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secret Committee, by Sheil, Chargé d’Affaires, British Mission Erzeroom [Erzurum, Anatolia], incorporating information from his Persian contacts and Edward William Bonham.There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosures in Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Letter No. 61, dated 15th May 1839, are missing from this collection’.Physical description: The papers are not in chronological order.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
Diplomacy
Bilateral relations
Shah of Persia - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000007_ar
81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000007_en
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390