Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 4 August 1810, enclosing a copy of dispatch addressed to them dated 15 July 1810 (not included in this item) and copies of correspondence between Malcolm and the following: Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to the Government of India (which includes a translated copy of a letter from the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal); and Lord Minto.Physical description: Condition: the first folio is now in two parts.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from James Justinian Morier, Secretary to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, enclosing three private letters (not included in this item). The letter is dated 3 August 1809 and was received on 19 August 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 30 January 1810. The letter recommends informing other members of the Court of Directors and the Governor-General of Bengal of the present state of treaty negotiations with Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 10 March 1810. The letter requests permission to inform other members of the Court of Directors of the present state of treaty negotiations with Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Charles Grant, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to Mirza Shafeea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], sent from London and dated 21 March 1810. The letter concerns the arrival of Mirza Abu’l Hasan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador, in London to conduct treaty negotiations, and expresses hope for stronger political and commercial relations between Persia and Britain.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Charles Grant, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to Hosein Mahommed [Ḥājī Muḥammad Ḥossein Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Persian Minister, sent from London and dated 21 March 1810. The letter concerns the arrival of Mirza Abu’l Hasan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan], Persian Ambassador, in London to conduct treaty negotiations, and expresses hope for stronger political and commercial relations between Persia and Britain.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Adair, British Ambassador to Turkey [Ottoman Empire], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 July 1809. Adair reports that James Justinian Morier had arrived at Pera [Beyoğlu] with dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to the British Government. Adair also states that he was forwarding a copy of a peace treaty signed between Jones and the Shah of Persia on 12 March 1809, which Morier had brought, together with an abstract of dispatches from Jones, and he writes that he had assured Jones that he considered the treaty to be ‘a measure highly beneficial’. (These encloses are not included in this item.)The letter was received by Mr Baker on 19 October 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tehran and dated 4 April 1824.The letter reports that Major George Willock has been charged by the Shah and Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia with a mission to India to discuss disputed points in the subsidy account, and asks the Court of Directors promptly to address Persia’s claims.It also forwards a dispatch to the Governor-General of Bengal (IOR/L/PS/9/69/170) and correspondence from the Shah and Prince Royal (IOR/L/PS/9/69/171-173).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: Published by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta.The volume consists of a draft Part IV to the
Summary of the Principal Events and Measures of the Viceroyalty of His Excellency Lord Curzon of Keddleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in the Foreign Department. I. January 1899-April 1904. II. December 1904-November 1905. Volume IV. Persia and the Persian Gulf(Parts I-III), published by GC [Government Central] Press, Simla, 1907 [Mss Eur F111/531-534].The volume includes a letter from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to Lord Curzon, dated 27 August 1908, stating that an examination of their records had shown that these were the essential despatches, and hoping that the volume would answer Lord Curzon's purpose.The despatches and correspondence cover the period 1899-1905, and include correspondence from the Secretary of State for India, and HBM's Minister at Tehran, and cover the question of the appointment of an additional consular officer in Persia, 1899 (with map); relations between Britain and Persia; the protection of British interests in Persia; British policy on Persia; the political and financial situation in Persia; and the threat of Russian encroachment.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 66; 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 manuscript pagination sequence.
Abstract: Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf', folios 28-47).Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf. Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.This volume contains manuscript additions on folios 3, 11, 13-15, 64-65, and 89.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 191; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf', folios 28-47).Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf. Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.This volume is inscribed: '1907' on the title page (folio 4), and contains a manuscript correction (folio 20).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 190; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf', folios 28-47).Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf. Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.This volume contains manuscript additions on folios 11, 40-41, 47, and 142-146.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 191; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.