Abstract: Extracts from the diary of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, for the period 13-22 June 1826. This document details Willock’s conversations with the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and the following Persian ministers:The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi]The Prime Minister, Allah Ear Khan [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah]The Hakim of Tabreez [Tabriz], Futteh Ali Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti]The former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfāhānī, Mu'tamid al-Dawlah].Their conversations concern the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia, which has the possibly of leading to war, including:Negotiations with the Russian envoy Prince Minchakoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] who has been sent to Persia to settle the disputeThe Shah’s intention of settling the dispute peacefullyBritain’s opposition to war between Russia and PersiaThe advantages of war to RussiaThe Shah giving the appearance of his intention of going to war in order to encourage the negotiation of a resolutionThe unwillingness, and unpreparedness, of the Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] to go to war with Russia.This document also includes a note detailing the communications between the Surgeon to HM Mission to Persia, Dr John McNeill, and the Prince Royal, and McNeill’s communications with the Shah, concerning the dispute.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 28 June 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/95).Physical description: 1 item (17 folios)
Abstract: The file relates to the Iraqi-Afghan Treaty of Friendship, including: the draft proposal; signing in December 1932; ratification by both countries in Tehran, September 1934; and an additional proposed protocol in 1936 for close consultation and co-operation between the two countries in all matters concerning their common interests and for such co-operation to be exercised within the spirit of the League of Nations Covenant and to not override the obligations undertaken in other treaties already concluded by them.Included in the file are: draft typescripts (f 41 and f 27) and the final text (f 23) of the 1932 Treaty, in French; and a draft typescript of the protocol of 1936 (f 11).The file also contains a copy of a letter to the British Foreign Minister from the British Ambassador at Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 3 January 1936, detailing the visit to Iraq by Sardar Faiz Muhammad Khan [Sirdār Fayz̤ Muḥammad Khān], Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the latter’s discussions with Iraqi Foreign Minister Nuri Pasha [Nūrī al-Sa’īd] during which he urges the strengthening of Afghan-Iraqi relations and a common policy in relation to the Persian [Iranian] Government.The primary correspondents are the British Embassy, Bagdad, and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.