Abstract: A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 June 1802. The letter forwards intercepted letters from a French traveller in Caboul [Kabul], attached. Jones pledges to continue to monitor this correspondence and pass on intelligence. The letter also forwards reports from an informant ‘employed to the Northward’.A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/245.Attached are:1. Two intercepted letters from a French author in Caboul to correspondents in Paris and Spanish Biscay, dated March 1802. The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and return home.Duplicates of these letters are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/238 and 247. English translations are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/235-2372. Translations of two letters from an informant of Harford Jones dated 3 and 8 May 1802.The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea, reporting: movements of Russian troops and ships; embassies from Shaku [Shaki] and Shirvan [Sirvan] to Tehran seeking assistance against Russia; and the planned flight of Armenian merchants from Baku, Enzelee [Bandar-e Anzali], Ghilan [Gilan], and Tehran in anticipation of conflict.Duplicates of these letter are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/243.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Extracts from an anonymous letter in French dated 26 May 1810, containing reports from the Court of Russia. The letter reports Russia’s hopes for a swift end to the wars on its southern flank with Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and Persia [Iran]; the expectation of an armistice with Persia and the demand for the cession of Georgia and Erivan [Yerevan]; the expected arrival of a Persian Ambassador in Saint Petersburg; and Russia’s relations with France.The letter was enclosed in HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of additional instructions issued by the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to Futteh Ali Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti], Beglerbegee [Beglarbeg, Governor] of Tabrees [Tabrīz] for his mission to Tiflis [Tblisi] to negotiate Persia’s frontier with the Russian Empire with General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov], Governor-General of Georgia.The instructions detail the bases of the Persian negotiating position, including the survey of Major William Monteith, the Treaty of Gulistan (1813), and historical texts.The translation was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 16 November 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/138).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translation of the instructions issued by the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to Futteh Ali Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti], Beglerbegee [Beglarbeg, Governor] of Tabrees [Tabrīz], for his mission to Tiflis [Tblisi] to negotiate with General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov], Governor-General of Georgia.The instructions contain proposals for the settlement of the Russo-Persian frontier in the Caucasus and directions in the event that Yermolov refuses the proposals.The translation was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 16 November 1824.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a letter from General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov], Governor-General of Georgia, to Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia].Yermoloff remonstrates with Abbas Meerza regarding incidents along the frontier between Persia [Iran] and the Russian Empire in the Caucasus, including cultivation of land claimed by Russia by the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] and raids into territory ceded to Russia carried out by former Khans now residing in Persia.The translation was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/69/222).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 24 November 1823.Following a visit to Georgia, Willock reports on the state of affairs in the Caucasus where Russia is extending its control. Subjects covered include:The condition of the Georgian nobles and populationThe flight of nobles from Shervan [Şirvan] and Carabagh [Karabakh] to PersiaThe estimated strength of the Russian forces in the region under General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov]Conflict between Russian forces and the Lesghis [Lezgins] and CircassiansCommunications and supply routes between Russia and GeorgiaSettlement projects in GeorgiaCommerce and construction in GeorgiaCultural changes enforced by the Russian occupation, including naming customs and clothingGeneral Yermoloff’s supposed designs on the Caspian Sea and Khorasan.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 6 December 1823.The letter concerns frontier relations between Persia and the Russian Empire.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 8 January 1824. The letter forwards a translation of a letter from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia to General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov], Governor-General of Georgia, dated 31 December 1823, enclosed.The enclosed letter concerns efforts to delineate the border between Persia and the Russian Empire in the Caucasus and proposes a meeting to settle the issue.The letters were enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in May-November 1918 during the First World War, including:Military actions within Persia, particularly those in northern Persia involving Dunsterforce, the Allied military force commanded by General Lionel DunstervilleThe resignation of the Persian Government and the formation of a new Government under Vosug-ed-Dowleh [Mīrzā Ḥasan Khān, Vus̠ūq al-Dawlah] as Prime MinisterDiscussions over the future of the South Persia Rifles, a Persian military force under British commandThe Turkish [Ottoman] seizure of Tabriz and later withdrawal from PersiaThe arrest in Resht [Rasht] of the British Vice-Consul by the Jangalis [Jungle Movement of Gilan], a Soviet-supported Islamist group in rebellion against the Government of Persia.The primary correspondents are: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the War Office; Chief of the General Staff, India; Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; HM Ambassador to the United States of America; the Military Attaché, Tehran; and General Dunsterville.Physical description: 1 item (315 folios)
Abstract: Correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] after the withdrawal of Russian forces in the wake of the Russian Revolution, and British policy in relation to this. Topics discussed include:British military and diplomatic activity in Persia and support from France and the United StatesInfluence and activities of Germany and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] in PersiaBritish opinions on the Persian Government and efforts to influence itRussian forces still in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 576; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Copies of letters from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Government of India, dating from June 1826 to August 1826. Contained within are copies of six letters, numbered 7-9, 12, 14 and 15, from Macdonald Kinneir to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, and two letters, one of which is numbered 11, from Macdonald-Kinneir to the Governor-General of India, Lord Amherst. The letters concern the journey of Macdonald Kinneir’s mission to the Court of the Shah of Persia and the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia over a territorial dispute in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], covering a period preceding and succeeding the outbreak of war. Included are details of:The illness and death of members of Macdonald Kinneir’s entourageMacdonald Kinneir’s views on the possible course and outcome of war between Russia and PersiaThe question of Great Britain paying a subsidy to Persia upon the outbreak of war with RussiaThe outbreak of war between Persia and Russia, and Persian military operations against RussiaThe outbreak of rebellions in territories ceded to Russia by the Treaty Gulistan in 1813, including Dagistan [Dagestan], Shirwan [Shirvan], Shekee [Sheki], Karabaugh [Karabakh], and the involvement of the former rulers of these territoriesReports of the alleged arrest of the Russian envoy sent to Persia to negotiate the territorial dispute, Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov]Macdonald Kinneir’s planned intercession on behalf of Russian prisoners of war.Also detailed is a report of negotiations between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and of the rebellion and dissolution of the Ottoman Janissaries.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)