Abstract: Translation of a letter from the vizier of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], Mirza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones. The letter, written on behalf of the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza, expresses the necessity of Jones meeting the Shah of Persia [Fath-Ali Shāh Qājār], prior to Jones joining the Prince Royal on his campaign.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 24 June 1810, and was received 21 November 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay and the East India Company Court of Directors. It is the first in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1435/56727 and IOR/F/4/1436/56728).The item is chiefly concerned with general updates of events in the Gulf over the period 1831-1833. In particular, the item relates to:The conflict between Hussein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Shiraz (also referred to as the Prince of Fars), and Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], Crown Prince of PersiaUpheaval at Bushire [Būshehr] following the death of the governor, Shaik Abdool Russool [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān Āl Mazkūr]The struggle for power at Bushire between: Shaik Nasser [Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr], son of Abdool Russool; and Reza Kooli Mirza [Reza Qulī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], son of Hussein Ali MirzaThe rebellion against the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat by his relatives: Hamed bin Azan of Sohar [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Shaikh of Ṣuḥār]; and Sued Hillal of Sowack [Sayyid Hilāl bin Muḥammad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Shaikh of As Suwayq]The unsettled nature of affairs in Oman due to: the above-mentioned rebellion; the Imaum’s frequent absences; and the rise of the Wahabees [Wahabi, tribe]Designs on the Imaum’s territories of Debba [Dibba] and Khor Fikan [Khawr Fakkān] by Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al Khaymah and Sharjah]The Government of Bombay’s concerns about the weakened position of the Imaum and its intervention in Muscat during his expedition to Zanzibar in 1832Acts of ‘piracy’ and disruption to the trade at Muscat and Sohar caused by Rashid bin Humeed [Rashid I bin Ḥumaid al-Nu‘aymī, Shaikh of Ajman]Arrangements made by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to ensure that there is a sufficient number of vessels in the Gulf.The item also includes minor and general discussions of issues in the Gulf, such as: reported acts of ‘piracy’; relations between the different chieftains; activities of the Wahabees; and the claim for payment by the Shaik of Kishm [Qeshm] for helping the merchant vessel
Prinsep.The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf. Other correspondents include: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bengal; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; Native Agents at Shiraz, Muscat, Sharga [Sharjah], and Bahrein [Bahrain]; and the Persian Secretary to the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1339, Draft 435, 1834' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 96, and terminates at f 370, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of recommendations of the Committee of Correspondence, and extracts of political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal.The item concerns:A claim made by the Persian Ambassador to the UK (Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī) regarding the outstanding amount still owed of a subsidy paid by Britain to Persia from 1809-14, along with other ‘pecuniary claims’ relating to arms supplies, and a request for the Government of Bengal to calculate what is owed and to arrange paymentThe arrival in England of Meerza Mahomed Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī], the ‘accredited agent’ of Abbas Merza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, and his request for part of what is owed of the subsidy to be issued to him for the purchase of arms and ammunition for the Persian Government.The title page contains the following references: ‘1822/3, Dr[a]ft 365’, ‘Collection to P.C. [Previous Communication] No. 88’, and ‘Auditor’s Office 25th June 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 128 and terminates at f 141, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Copy of a memorandum detailing the views of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza, expressed to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, on the night on 31 May 1810. The Prince Royal mainly expressed views concerning Russo-Persian armistice negotiations and Ottoman-Persian relations including:The breakdown of the armistice negotiations and renewal of war between the Russians and Persians over the sole issue of the defence of the Ottoman frontierPersian-Ottoman cooperation in the defence of the frontierThe perceived shortcomings of the Ottoman defensive arrangements at the frontierSuggestions for the appointment of a new Seraskier [Serasker] to the frontier by the Ottomans.The memorandum also details the Prince Royal's frustrations at his having received payments of tobacco and sugar from the British for the war with Russia, rather than money or war matériel.The memorandum was an enclosure in Jones's letter to Earl Bathurst, enclosed in Jones's secret letter of 4 June 1810, which was received on 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a summary of the correspondence of an unknown secret informant detailing miscellaneous information regarding the negotiations between Russia and Persia [Iran] for the demarcation of their frontier, and concerning the Russian mission at Tabreez [Tabriz], including:The relationship between the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazarovich [Semyon Mazarovich], and the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]The missions of Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti] to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate the Russo-Persian frontierThe question of the return of guns captured by Russia from Persia at the Battle of Uslandooz [Aslanduz] in 1812The Russian request for the release of Turkish prisoners held at TabreezThe involvement of Mazarovich in the kidnap of an enslaved person.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 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/11).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: An intelligence report received from messengers sent by Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Royal Camp in Persia [Iran].The report covers developments in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813], describing the positions, strength, and actions of Russian and Persian troops around Erivan [Yerevan].The report was enclosed in Manesty's letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 13 October 1804 (found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/368).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 1-2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 4-18 November 1841. The enclosures consist of a memorandum and covering letter from the Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay relating to arms supplied to the late Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], in 1828, which are yet to be paid for.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 22 May 1826, which was received on 27 July 1826. The letter originally enclosed a copy of a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, to Willock (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/90). Willock reports that he has communicated the contents of the enclosed letter to the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], and indicates that he believes that the Prince Royal will respond via the new East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 11 February 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 10 April 1827. Macdonald Kinneir reports the withdrawal of the corps led by General Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov] from Persian territory following an unsuccessful campaign (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/178). He details his views on what would have been Madatoff’s chances of success in attacking Ardebil [Ardabil], which was undefended, and Tabreez, and details the changing of allegiance of Atta Khan, who had allied himself to General Madatoff.. He also reports the departure of the mission of Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Shirazi] to undertake peace negotiations with Russia, accompanied by Honorary Consul Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov] (papers concerning which were originally enclosed and now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/180-187), and the peace proposals made by the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Mazarowitch [Semyon Mazarovich], to the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Yerevan]. Macdonald Kinneir also details the military preparations made by the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], and the alleged parsimony of the Shah of Persia and the deleterious effects of this upon Abbas Meerza’s war effort. Macdonald Kinneir’s account includes an anecdote of the Shah having confiscated cases of glass and crystal belonging to the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], to Captain Charles Pasley, Political Agent of the Governor-General of Bengal in Persia, sent from Tauris [Tabrīz] and dated 30 January 1810. The letter concerns the payment of a subsidy to Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā], Crown Prince of Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones's Letter No. 3 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 3 February 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 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 February 1824.The letter discusses issues in relations between Persia and the Russian Empire, including frontier negotiations in the Caucasus, the missions of Persian envoys in Russia, complaints regarding the treatment of a Russian veterinary surgeon visiting Persia, and a dispute involving the debt of a Russian-protected merchant.The letter also forwards related correspondence (IOR/L/PS/9/69/164-166).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 12 February 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/159).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 Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 9 February 1824.The letter concerns the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Persia and Britain to the British Government in India. Willock forwards a letter from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] showing his opposition to the proposal (IOR/L/PS/9/69/168), and discusses the Prince’s influence on Persia’s foreign policy.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 12 February 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/159).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)