Abstract: This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (9 April 1856, Number 16).The dispatch reports the issue of orders by the Government of Persia for the despatch of troops for the occupation of Herat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of a summary of a letter received from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray (15 December 1857, Number 140), summarising letters from Lieutenant Colonel Taylor at Herat (22, 23, 26 October, and 2, 3, 4, 5 November 1857).The summaries mostly relate to Herat, including: a copy of the treaty between Great Britain and Persia being delivered to the ruler of Herat; the Jews of Herat and Meshed; and the chief of Herat being unable to realise his independent position.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (19 May 1856, Numbers 27-29. The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter is the activities and distribution of the Persian Army, including a report that news of the fall of Herat to Persia appears false.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (7, 16, 20 and 22 June 1856, Numbers 7, 33 and 36-39). It also contains a summary of a despatch from Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (15 June 1856).The despatches from Stevens predominantly consists of reports of events surrounding the Persian advance towards Herat, while the despatch from Lord Canning reports on an interview held with the Prime Minister of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray. The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter includes measures taken by the Persian Government to defend its southern provinces against attack by British forces; Persian complaints against the British Mission; the position of Prince Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan] at Herat; and honours bestowed by the French and Russian Governments on the Shah, the Persian Grand Vizier, and his son.Physical description: The first two folios have been bound at the rear of the bundle. In order to read the bundle chronologically, these two folios – folios 67-68 – should be read first before consulting the remainder – folios 59-66.
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries of three secret dispatches from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (17 and 22 September 1856, Numbers 58 and 60-61). They consist of news from Persia covering: a report of conflict between the Shah [Nasser Al-Din Shah Qajar] and the Sedr Azeem [Mirza Aqa Khan-e Nouri, Sadr-i-A'zam or Grand Vizier], the confiscation of land from Prince Allah Koolee Meerza for offering to drive the Persians from Herat, and contradictory reports received regarding the situation at Herat.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
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)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries of letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (12 August 1857, Number 73; 15 August 1857, Number 75; 17 August, Numbers 77-78; 19 August, Number 79; 20 August 1857, Number 82).The summaries mostly relate to Herat. One of the summaries (19 August 1857, Number 79) concerns the announcement in the
Teheran Gazetteof the intended proclamation of the new heir apparent of the Shah of Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This bundle contains a summary of a secret despatch from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray residing at Baghdad (8 August 1856, Number 68). It discusses a letter received from the ruler of Herat, Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-Regent of Herat] offering submission to Britain in return for aid against the Persians. It also covers Murray's views as to the measures that Britain should take against Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran (11 May 1856, Number 26) relaying a report of the occupation of Herat by Persian troops.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: These folios consist of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (4 July, Numbers 54-55, and 6 July, Number 56) sent from Hamadan, Persia [Iran], reporting news from Persia, including: the official announcement of the disgrace of Azeez Khan, the Commander in Chief, and the Sedr Ajeem being invested with the sole command of the Army; the quarrel between Sultan Ahmed Khan, who had been sent from Teheran [Tehran] as Governor of Herat, and Sultan Morad Meerza, Commander in Chief of the Persian Army there; the marriage of the Shah of Persia with the mother of his eldest son, the Ameer-i-Nizam, and serious consequences which may arise as a result of this; and Murray’s conviction that the Persians had no intention of evacuating Herat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This memorandum continues on from IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1. It includes transcripts of select telegrams sent by the Viceroy of India (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) to the India Office between 1 January and 13 March 1880 on the subject of Persia and Herat. These telegrams convey the Viceroy's opinions concerning the cession of Herat and Seistan [Sīstān] to Persian control, and its impact on the settlement for Afghanistan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio, and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.