Abstract: Correspondence discusses Russian activities in Meshed including:assessment of the Russian bombardment of a religious temple;relationship with the Nakhai tribe;complaints that the Russians were encouraging agitation to bring the back the ex-Shah which was unsettling the region.Correspondents include: Sir George William Buchanan; Major Percy Molesworth Sykes, H B M Consul in Sistan, Captain J B Hunter; Acting Consul for Sistan and Kain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.