Affairs in Persia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Affairs in Persia
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 6 of 1853, dated 19 January 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 6 November 1852. It consists of a letter from HM Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay (for the information of the Governor in Council), enclosing under flying seals copies of twenty-two despatches addressed by Sheil to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.Sheil’s despatches concern various matters relating to Persian affairs, including: the annexation of Herat by Persia; and the refusal of the Pasha of Baghdad, Namik Pasha [Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha, Governor or Viceroy of Baghdad] to allow Prince Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār], the Shah’s younger brother, to enter into Ottoman territory and visit Kerbella [Karbala] unless he is provided with a passport from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador to Persia.The despatches from Sheil include copies of enclosed correspondence, including letters and translated letters from: the Persian Prime Minister, the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam]; the Agent in Meshed [Mashhad]; the Agent in Sheeraz [Shiraz]; and the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson.One of Sheil’s despatches discusses negotiations between the Austrian Government and Persia for a treaty of commerce and navigation, and includes a copy of a draft of the treaty (folios 84-91), which is in French.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 62. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Treaties
Passports
'Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār
Governor of Baghdad
Government of the Austrian Empire - Geographic region:
- Persia
Kerbella
Emirate of Herat - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 61-132
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 61-132