Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-6 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 23 April 1845. The enclosures are dated 27 November 1844-2 February 1845.The enclosures consist of copies of dispatches from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia describing the state of relations between Persia [Iran] and the Ottoman Empire, particularly relating to a dispute over the border region of Zohab. Enclosure no. 3 contains a detailed report by the Political Agent describing the geography (ff 406-419) and history (ff 420-441) of Zohab, as well as his own observations on the current circumstances (ff 442-448).The other primary topic is the imprisonment and trial in Bagdad [Baghdad] of a Persian priest accused of making blasphemous alterations to a copy of the Koran [Quran], and its effects on relations between the Soonee [Sunni] and Sheeah [Shia] populations of Bagdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 403, and terminates at f 469, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Sooltaneeah [Solţānīyeh], to the Prime Minister of Persia, the Ausef ud Dowleh [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah], of 21 July 1826. In the letter, Prince Menchikoff indicates that the instructions with which he was empowered to settle the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus were based on proposals discussed between the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] and the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermeloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], and his deputy General Wilhemenoff, dating to 1825, which he argues are no longer commensurate with the current state of the negotiations. On this basis he proposes the appointment of commissioners to settle the frontier dispute, or for Persia to send an envoy to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg].This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 July 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/99).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 11-28 July 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], particularly in relation to the situation along the border with Persia [Iran], including: border negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum], which ended inconclusively; a perceived risk of rebellion in Turkish Kurdistan [now Iraqi Kurdistan]; and a proposal for Sulimanieh [Sulaymaniyah] to be recognised as a separate Pachalie [Pashalik] from Baghdad.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: A translation of an ‘exposé’ of the causes of the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia [Iran] [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] given to Mirza Mohomed Alli [Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Shirazi] for his mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi]. The paper details Persian allegations of Russian encroachments upon Persian territory, defined according to the terms of the previous peace treaty agreed between the two nations [Treaty of Gulistan, 1813], including in Talish [Talysh], Carabaugh [Karabakh] and on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan], and gives an account of the negotiations between the two sides as the Persians sought redress for these encroachments. The paper lays the blame for the outbreak of war on the encroachments made on Persian territory by Russian troops and argues that Persia had commenced hostilities after having failed to obtain redress for the continued Russian encroachments through negotiation, indicating that despite the outbreak of hostilities the Persian Government wishes for peace.This translation was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 11 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/179).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Emperor of Russia, Alexander. In the letter, Abbas Mirza expresses his devotion to Emperor Alexander on the occasion of Alexander's visit to Astrachan [Astrakhan]. Enclosed with the letter is a confidential note from the Prince Royal to Emperor Alexander, concerning the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia, and remonstrating against the occupation of the disputed territory by Russian troops.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter dated 22 January 1826 from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to Meerza Sadok [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi], who is on a mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran]. Wilhemenoff requests that Meerza Sadok deliver a letter to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], and informs Meerza Sadok that until General Yermoloff has received permission from the Emperor of Russia he cannot return the disputed territory, on the north east shore of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan], to Persia.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran] [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], in reply to the Prince Royal’s letter concerning the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia over land on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/69). In the letter, General Wilhemenoff gives a detailed disputation of the Prince Royal’s assessment of the frontier, with reference to the Treaty of Gulistan. He goes on to declare that the agreement for the frontier negotiated between himself and the Persian envoy Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti] is considered binding by Russia, and that General Yermoloff intends to ‘hold and protect’ the territory allotted to Russia by that agreement. Wilhemenoff also denies that the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan], who had ordered Russian soldiers away from their pickets on contested territory, had the right to do so, as the land, he claims, belongs to Russia.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia concerning lands on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan] in the Caucasus. General Wilhemenoff discusses the definition of contested territory on the frontier between Russia and Persia in Karabaugh [Karabakh], which is currently occupied by Persia, and argues that in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Goolistan [Gulistan] these lands belong to Russia. He offers to return the contested territory to the north east of the lake of Gokcheh, currently occupied by Russia, to Persia in return for the Persian evacuation of the disputed territory in Karabakh.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 May 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/86).Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Alexis Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Beglerbegee [Beglerbegi, or Beylerbeyi, Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Tabriz, Futteh Ali Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti]. In the letter, General Yermoloff is critical of Futteh Ali Khan on the grounds that the agreement concluded between themselves at Tiflis [Tbilisi] for the settlement of the frontier between Russia and Persia [Iran] in the Caucasus is not considered binding by the Persian Government.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], at Tiflis [Tbilisi], to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi], dated March 1825. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran] concerning land on the borders of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan]. Yermoloff entreats Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to secure the ratification of an agreement made between Yermoloff’s deputy, General Wilhemenoff, and the Persian envoy Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti], the Beglerbeggee [Beglerbegi, or Beylerbeyi, Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Tabreez [Tabriz], which would cede the contested territory to Russia.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, 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: Translation of a letter from Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff, on behalf of the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus. In the letter, Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff states that the stationing of Russian troops on contested territory has been done so on the basis of there being no formal definition of the frontier and in accordance with an agreement between the two sides. He indicates that if the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] should interfere with the Russian troops, as he had previously done so, he would be ‘obliged to protect the possessions and property of the Emperor [of Russia]’.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 February 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/66).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff to the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter remonstrates against the actions of the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] in forcing a guard of Russian soldiers away from territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan], which is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute between Russia and Persia.This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)