Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], of 14 October 1825. The letter remonstrates against the occupation of Persian territory by a detachment of Russian soldiers, contrary to an agreement between Russia and Persia for the stationing of a small Russian guard on the contested territory. Abbas Mirza demands the withdrawal of the Russian troops, stating that the territory is Persian in accordance with the Treaty of Gulistan.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 (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār]. In the letter, Yermoloff appeals to the Shah for a resolution to the negotiations for the settlement of the Russo-Persian frontier in the Caucasus, following a standstill in the negotiations over a portion of land on the shores of the Goojah Lake [Lake Sevan]. Yermoloff also indicates that he has instructed the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazarowitch [Semyon Mazarovich], to represent his views on the matter of the frontier to the Shah (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/46).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 September 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/45).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. In the letter the Prince Royal discusses the ongoing frontier negotiations between Russia and Persia [Iran], indicating which proposals made by Yermoloff he is willing to accept, and making reference to further unspecified terms that he has communicated to the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Semyon Mazarovich].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 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff. The letter is in reply to Wilhemenoff’s letter concerning the Sirdar of Erivan [Yerevan] having driven Russian soldiers away from territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/52). The letter states that the disputed territory is Persian territory, in concordance with the Treaty of Gulistan, and denies Russia the right to occupy it until an arrangement for the settlement of the frontier has been agreed.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: The translation of a note from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Vizier of the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], the Kaim Makam [Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, Qa'im Maqam], of 14 June 1826. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus. In the letter Prince Minchikoff indicates that a definition of the frontier between Russia and Persia received from the Kaim Makam is ‘far from being calculated to remove the misunderstandings between the two States’. He also indicates that he is anxious to proceed to Sooltaneeah [Solţānīyeh] to negotiate the frontier with the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār].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 (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. In the letter the Prince Royal discusses the ongoing frontier negotiations between Russia and Persia [Iran], indicating which proposals made by Yermoloff he is willing to accept, and making reference to further unspecified terms that he has communicated to the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Semyon Mazarovich].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 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: Copy of the definition of the frontier between Russia and Persia [Iran] agreed at Tiflis [Tbilisi] between the Russian plenipotentiaries, Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff and Major-General Madadoff [Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov], and the Persian plenipotentiary Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti].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 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 February, Numbers 7-13) and the Government of Bombay (16 February, Numbers 14-17 and 19-20). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the Governor General (folios 19-61) includes the following: criticism of the Government of India's Punjab Frontier Policy from Major John Jacob, Nepalese military preparations for an invasion of Thibet [Tibet], news from Burmah [Burma], discussion over whether the Government of India should intervene in a feud between Gulab Singh – the Maharaja of Cashmere [Kashmir] – and his nephew Jowahir Singh, and discussion over the line of policy the Government of India should take over a proposed treaty of friendship with Afghanistan.The section from Bombay consists of two folios only (folios 62-63). They consist of brief updates on Aden and the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (46 folios)
Abstract: The memorandum — dated 15 May 1874 — describes the Persian frontier east of the Caspian Sea; this includes the upper valley of the River Atrak [Atrek], the districts of Derehgaz [Dargaz], and Kalet-i-Nadiri [Kalāt-e Nāderī]. The author is Captain Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John, and the memorandum is divided into the following sections:f 6, a list of the authorities used by Captain St John to compile his General Map of Persia;ff 7-10, 'Physical description of the country S. E. of the Caspian', which describes the course and known sources of the Atrak River;ff 10-13, 'Natural frontier of Persia', outlines the Captain's views on what he considers to be Persia's ideal northern frontier, the mutual agreement between Persian and Russia defining the frontier, and what he believes to be the 'de facto' frontier;ff 14-15, ' Country East of Astrabad — The Goklans';ff 15-18, 'Bujmird and the Kurdish Colony';f 18, 'Frontier line along the Atrak', explains what the Captain believes to be Persia's interpretation of the mutual agreement between Persia and Russia defining the northern frontier, and that the current agreement would cede many Persian settlements to Russia.Appended to the end of the file (see folios 23-24) is a note written by Lieutenant William John Gill dated 8 June 1873, which concerns how he was prevented from travelling with a Persian force to collect rent due from the Gourgon [Gorgān] due to Russian intervention.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 3, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The memorandum concerns Persia's northern frontier with Russian Turkestan along the Attrek [Atrek] River valley. It outlines Russian activities in the region (e.g. troop movements, fort construction, and meetings with local chieftains), along with British and Persian diplomatic responses to these activities; this includes British efforts to prevent Persia from ceding the region to Russian control. It covers British suspicions that the Russians are encroaching on Persia's northern border, and attempting to draw the local Turkoman tribes away from their relations with Persia.The memorandum is illustrated with a number of map sketches, which show a number of different interpretations of the Persian-Russian frontier:Captain George Campbell Napier's Map 1876. Denoting supposed Persian border line (f 116);Arrowsmith Map. 1834 (f 117r);Zimmerman's Map. 1841 (f 117v);Vambery's Map 1863 (f 117v);Russian Map 1863 (f 119r);Arrowsmith Map 1872 (f 119v);Walker's Turkestan. 1873 (f 120r);Russian Map 1873 (f 122r);Kiepert's Turkestan 1876 (f 135v).The memorandum includes a number of brief insertions in French; these insertions consist of recollections from diplomatic conversations, which have occurred in relation to Persia's northern frontier.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 113, and terminates at f 137, 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed 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: Copy of a translated draft of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. The letter indicates that Abbas Meerza has again sent Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti] to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to conclude the negotiations for the demarcation of the Russo-Persian border with General Yermoloff.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 (2 folios)