Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 4 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 18 February 1826. The letter concerns internal affairs in Persia, including:The invasion of Khorassan [Khorasan] and siege of Meshed [Mashhad] by an army from Khiva led by Rahman Kooli Khan [Raḥmán Qulī Khan], the second son of the late Khan of Khiva, Raheem Khan [Muḥammad Raḥīm Bahadur Khan]The death of the governor of Koordistan [Kurdistan] ProvinceThe Shah of Persia’s departure from Tehran to KashanThe arrival of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at Bushere [Bushehr].This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 19 February 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/73).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 7 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 2 April 1826. The letter reports internal affairs in Persia, detailing:The defeat of an army of Uzbecks [Uzbeks] sent by Rahman Koolee Khan [Raḥmán Qulī Khan] of the Khanate of Khiva to Meshid [Mashhad], by the Prince Governor of Khorasan, Hassan Allee Meerza [Hasan 'Ali Mirza, Shuja' al-Saltanah]The growing influence of the favourite wife of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], Taj ud Dowleh [Tavus Khanum, Taj al-Dawlah], including the honours paid to her son, the Governor of Isfahan, Sooltan Mahommed Meerza Seif ud Dowlah [Sultan Muhammad Mirza, Sayf al-Dawlah]The provision of medical treatment to members of the Persian royal family by the surgeon to HM Mission to Persia, Dr John McNeill.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 78 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 10 January 1828. The letter reports Macdonald Kinneir’s receipt of a secret packet from the Secret Committee of the East India Company, and includes an annexed list of the contents of this packet (these letters are not included in this item). Macdonald Kinneir also refers to his previous correspondence with the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, in which he recommended ‘endeavouring to purchase the redemption of our engagements so stipulated in the 3d and 4th Articles of our Treaty with this Court [Persia]’ (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/64). He indicates that to do this will cost 350,000 to 400,000 Tomauns [tomans, Persian currency].This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of 21 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a translation of a firman [edict] from Fatteh Ali Shauh [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran] proclaiming a treaty with Britain; and an annexed copy of the treaty. The treaty was signed between Ibraheem Khaun [Hāji Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī], Prime Minister (Sadr-e 'Azam) of Persia, and Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia, and dated Sha’ban 1215/January 1801.The stipulations of the treaty cover commercial relations, including the rights of merchants from each country to travel and trade safely in the other’s territory; protection from the Persian Government for British merchants; the recovery of debt; the rights of British subjects to settle and own property in Persia and their rights over Persian domestic servants; mutual assistance to damaged or sunken ships in each country’s ports; and duties on some metals and broadcloth.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: A copy of translation of a firman [edict] from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] from Futteh Ali Shauh [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār], and an annexed treaty concluded between Haujy Ibrahim Khaun [Hāji Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī], Prime Minister (Sadr-e 'Azam) of Persia, and Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia.The articles of the treaty cover the military assistance which Persia would provide to Britain in the event of an Afghan attempt to invade India, and the military assistance which Britain would provide in the event of French hostilities towards Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to Amin ud Dowlah [Muhammad Hossein Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Second Vizier of Persia [Iran]. The letter concerns: the arrival of Mirza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador, in London; the hope for stronger relations between Persia and Britain; and the appointment of Sir Gore Ouseley as British Ambassador to Persia. It also thanks the Amin ud Dowlah for his kind treatment of Sir Harford Jones, Ouseley's predecessor.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to Mirza Shefia [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], First Vizier (Prime Minister) of Persia [Iran]. The letter concerns: the arrival of Mirza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador, in London; the hope for stronger relations between Persia and Britain; and the appointment of Sir Gore Ouseley as British Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, sent from near Tauris [Tabrīz] and dated 19 July 1809. The letter forwards a copy of a communication from Meerza Sheffea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire [Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha], and reports the arrival at the Persian Court of an embassy from Scind [Sindh].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Brigadier General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia. The letter covers: Jones’s arrival at Bombay [Mumbai] on 24 April 1808; his decision to postpone his departure from Bombay to Persia; arrangements for his arrival at Bushire [Būshehr]; and the question of whether or not Malcolm should remain at Tahran [Tehran] until Jones’s arrival. Jones also forwards copies of correspondence (not included in this item) between Jones and the Governor-General of Bengal, and translations of letters from the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and his ministers to the King George III and his ministers.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, of 2 June 1808, and was received in December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia. Jones forwards copies of dispatches (not included in this item) and requests that Malcolm send him details of intelligence on French influence in Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, of 2 June 1808, and was received in December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 13 April 1809. The letter concerns: the diplomatic ascendancy of Britain over France at the Persian Court; the payment of a six-month subsidy and supply of military stores to Persia; the Persian Government’s request for a loan of officers and gunners; the state of the Persian army and economy; and the threat from Persia to British-held territories in India.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter No. 7 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 24 April 1809. Jones responds to Minto’s censure of his conduct in his letter dated 30 January, and reports his plans to leave Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter No. 8 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)