Abstract: Translated abstracts of Persian letters received at the London headquarters of the East India Company, dated 1807, containing:A letter from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the King of England and India [King George III] expressing hope for stronger relations between the two countriesA letter from Muhammed Safee [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to Lord Grenville, Prime Minister of Britain, concerning: the arrival of Colonel Macquarie at the Court of Persia; the Russo-Persian War and Persia’s desire for peace; Persia’s relations with France and Turkey [Ottoman Empire]; and the hope that Britain will either mediate with Russia or enter an alliance with Persia.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Mahommed Shufeea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letter announces the appointment of Mirza Abu’l Hasan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan] as Persian Ambassador to London.The original was presented to the Chairman of the Court of Directors by the Persian Ambassador on 16 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translated copy of a letter from Meerza Mohammed Sheffea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, sent via Meerza Abdul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador to London, undated. The letter concerns the mission of Meerza Abdul Hassan to London.The letter was enclosed in letter No. 9 of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, to Dundas dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a letter from Meerza Mohammed Sheffie [Mirzā Muhammad Shafī Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, undated. The letter enquires about the reported arrival of Captain Charles Pasley, Political Agent of the Governor-General of Bengal, in Persia to replace Jones.The letter was enclosed in Jones's Letter No. 1 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 3 February 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folio)
Abstract: A translation of a letter from Meerza Mohammed Sheffie [Mirzā Muhammad Shafī Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, undated. The letter concerns the arrival of Brigadier-General John Malcolm and Captain Charles Pasley in Persia as representatives of the Supreme Government of India.The letter was enclosed in Jones's Letter No. 1 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 3 February 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from the Sudr Aazim [Sadr-i A’zam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Hājī Muhammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī] to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], undated. The note concerns British policy in the Gulf, advising Willock not to press for concessions from Persia.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 20 May 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/21].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 17 December 1820.In response to Willock’s letters (IOR/L/PS/9/69/49-50), the Ministers remonstrate with Willock regarding the entry of British ships into Persian ports without permission, assert Persian sovereignty over Kishm [Qeshm] and Hengaum [Hengām], and protest the landing of British troops on Kishm, arguing that the security of the Gulf should be secured by the Prince [Prince-Governor] of Fārs rather than British forces. They also condemn the actions of William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], in relation to Charak [Bandar-e Charāk] and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], demand compensation from Bruce for Persian subjects, and refuse the cession of an island for a British base in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 9 December 1820.The note concerns Anglo-Persian relations in the Gulf following the 1819 British expedition against ‘piracy’, and protests the continuing British military presence in the Gulf.The Ministers remonstrate with Willock regarding the entry of British ships into Persian ports without permission and the landing of British forces on Kishm [Qeshm] over Persian objections, and request Willock to order the withdrawal of the troops from the Gulf. They also condemn the actions of William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], in relation to Bahrein [Bahrain], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], and request his removal from Persia.The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a letter from Hajee Mohammad Hussain Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, undated.The letter requests the removal of William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], following actions by British forces against the Persian ports of Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], which were accused of links with ‘piracy’, and the landing of British troops on Kishm [Qeshm].The letter was enclosed in the letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/44).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 10 December 1820.The letter announces that an envoy will be sent by the Prince of Sherauz [Shīrāz] [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] to India to discuss Gulf affairs, and asks Willock to provide the envoy with the necessary documents.The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] and Mirza Chéfy [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister, sent from Tauris [Tabrīz], undated. The letters describe French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong relations between France and Russia, and the threat of insurrection in British-held territories in India, and urge Persia to side with France and expel the British from the country. These letters are written in French.Letters from Hājī Muhammad Husayn Khān Amīn al-Dawlah and Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī to the East India Company, announcing the appointment of Mīrzā Abul Hassan as Persian Ambassador to London. These letters are written in Persian and were presented to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by the Persian Ambassador on 16 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 5 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 11 March 1811, consisting of:A copy of a letter from Henry Rudland, British Agent in Mocha, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Mocha and dated 16 July 1810. The letter reports the arrival in Mocha of a man named Abdool Kauder [Abdul Kader] from Gogah [Ghogha], who had accompanied Sir Harford Jones to Persia, and subsequently left the country with the ousted French Envoy General Claude-Mathieu Gardane and travelled to EuropeA translated copy of a letter from Meerza Sheffea, [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā], Crown Prince of Persia, reporting the detention of an unidentified Frenchman and an Indian in PersiaAn extract from the
Bombay Courierdated 13 January 1811, reporting the arrival in Bombay en route to Persia of Mirza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador to London, accompanied by Sir Gore Ouseley, British Ambassador to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)