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13. 'Abstract of the Russian Projet delivered by General Termasoff to Meerza Bozurg'
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- Abstract: Abstract of the Russian projet delivered by General Termasoff [Tormasov] to Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran]. The document contains the articles of a proposed armistice between Russia and Persia, to last for a period of two years.The abstract was enclosed in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 2 June 1810, and was received on 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
14. Papers relative to Persian Affairs received by the Chairman of the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Translated abstracts of Persian letters received at the London headquarters of the East India Company, dated 1807, containing:A letter from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the King of England and India [King George III] expressing hope for stronger relations between the two countriesA letter from Muhammed Safee [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to Lord Grenville, Prime Minister of Britain, concerning: the arrival of Colonel Macquarie at the Court of Persia; the Russo-Persian War and Persia’s desire for peace; Persia’s relations with France and Turkey [Ottoman Empire]; and the hope that Britain will either mediate with Russia or enter an alliance with Persia.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
15. Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter of 2 Sep 1806: copies of correspondence of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bushire, relating to his political proceedings in Persia
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- Abstract: The volume consists mostly of correspondence, with enclosures, from Samuel Manesty, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Richard Colley Wellesley, Governor-General of India, Fort William. The letters concern Manesty's unauthorised diplomatic mission to the Court of the Shah of Persia [Iran]. They reflect the purposes of that mission, which were: to ease tensions between Britain and Persia following the death of the Persian Envoy, Hajee Khaleel Khan [Ḥājjī Khalīl Khān] in Bombay [Mumbai]; to obtain compensation for East India Company property seized by Shaik Raha [Shaikh Rahma] of Nakhilu [Bandar-e Nakhīlū] at Busheab [Lavan]; and to address the Russian occupation of Georgia and Armenia and their activities along the Persian frontier.Manesty's correspondence contains regular reports from his mission through Persia, written from Bushire, Kazeroon [Kāzerūn], Shiraz (in this volume sometimes written Sherauz), Persepolis, Isfahan, Tehran, Sultania [Soltaniyeh], Hamdan [Hamadān], Kermanshah, Bussora, and Bagdad [Baghdad]. They provide details of his reception in the different parts of Persia; the internal state of the country; Manesty's thoughts on the threat posed by France and Russia to Britain's imperial possessions in India; and his justifications for the costs and style of the mission as well as his response to the disapproval it incurred from his superiors at Fort William.Other matters covered by the papers include:Arrangements for the mission, including personnel, gifts, carriage, and guidanceThe conduct of Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident at Bushire, and his request to swap places with Manesty at Bussora due to ill healthAccounts and bills of exchange relating to the costs of the missionThe Persian military campaign against the RussiansManesty's intentions and recommendations following the missionAffairs at Bagdat [Baghdad], including the appearance of Saoud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Muhammad bin Sa‘ūd] the Wahaby [Wahhabi] chief in Bussora, and tensions between the Resident, Harford Jones, and the Ottoman Bacha [Pasha]Relations between Britain and Persia, often expressed through pledges of alliance exchanged between Manesty and Persian officials.Other correspondents, mostly included as enclosures, are as follows: Lieutenant Charles Pasley, Assistant Resident at Bushire; Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident at Bushire; Andrew Jukes, Surgeon at the Bushire Residency; Mr Tanner, a member of Manesty's retinue; Lieutenant Edward Hutchins Bellasis, Bombay Engineer and Officer of Manesty's Guard; Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Persia; Meerza Reza Kouli [Mirzā Reza Quli], Persian Minister; Monsieur Rousseau, French Consul at Baghdad; Mahomed Allee Meerza [Mohammed ‘Alī Mirzā], the Shah's eldest son; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William; Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdat; Cheraug Ali Khan [Chiragh ‘Alī Khan], Vizier of Fars; J G Vashon, Commander of HMS Fox; Hossein Ally Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], Prince-Governor of Fars; the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors; Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors; Lord Castlereagh, President of the Board of Control; Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay; Henry Addington, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; John Barker, Consul General in Aleppo; William Drummond, Ambassador to Constantinople; and Lieutenant William Bruce, acting Resident at Bushire.Near the beginning of the volume (folios 3-4) is a list of the correspondence contained within, dated 15 September 1806. This list gives a number (1-27) and description of each letter. Details of the enclosures are not given.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 285; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
16. Translation of a Letter from Askar Khan, Persian Ambassador to France, to Meerza Sheffea, Prime Minister of Persia
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- Abstract: A translated copy of a letter from Askar Khan [‘Askar Khān Afshār], Persian Ambassador to France, to Meerza Sheffea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], undated. The letter concerns: Askar Khan’s arrival and reception in Paris; the French reaction to the arrival of a British Envoy [Sir Harford Jones] in Tehran and the conclusion of a peace treaty between Britain and the Porte [Ottoman Empire]; negotiations between France and Russia concerning the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813); and Askar Khan’s opinion of the Emperor of France [Napoleon I].The letter was enclosed in Sir Harford Jones’s letter No. 14 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
17. Intelligence report from Persia
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- 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)
18. Report of Sir Harford Jones to Lord Howick on Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: A copy of a paper on Persian [Iranian] affairs by Sir Harford Jones, former Resident in Baghdad, sent to Lord Howick, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and dated 7 January 1807. The paper covers British relations with Persia since the defeat of Tippoo Saheb [Tipu Sultan of Mysore] in 1799 and the threat posed by the growing French influence in the country, advocating the mediation of a peace between Persia and Russia and the appointment of a Crown envoy for this purpose.Annexed to the paper are:Translated copies of Jones’s correspondence in his capacity as Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], dated between 10 August and 11 May 1806, concerning the Russo-Persian War, French overtures to Persia, and the Persian Government’s tilt towards France following Britain’s failure to provide support against RussiaA letter from Jones to John Hine, provisional Resident at Bagdad, dated January 1807, asking Hine to write to Persian Ministers expressing Britain’s continued interest in the welfare of Persia and commitment to its engagements.Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
19. Letters from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee
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- Abstract: Copies of dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Persian Court, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London. Dispatches are sent from Bombay [Mumbai], Schyras [Shiraz], Teehran [Tehran, also written Tahran in the present volume], Tabreze [Tabriz, also referred to as Tauris in the present volume], and Sultania [Soltaniyeh] and his letters relate to his diplomatic mission to the Persian Court. Some of the correspondence constitutes an outline of, and defence against, charges made by the Governor-General at Fort William, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], against Jones’s conduct during his mission, including letters from British and Persian [Iranian] officials in support of his case. Other matters connected to the mission are also discussed, such as: its scale and style; its successes; the treaty (Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, 12 March 1809) and subsidy (paid by Britain to Persia) that resulted from it; and the difficulties caused by the simultaneous of Brigadier-General John Malcolm, East India Company Envoy to Persia.Other matters covered include:Relations between the Ottoman Empire and PersiaNews from Europe, particularly in connection to the Napoleonic WarsThe Russo-Persian War, including unsuccessful attempts to negotiate an armisticeIntelligence regarding Captain William George Keith Elphinstone’s mission to Caboul [Kabul]French influence in Persia and the presence of French diplomatic agents in the regionThe appearance of Jean Robbio, a French agent, in Muscat and Bushire [Būshehr], and the seizure of his correspondence in September 1810 (folios 329-336)The potential for trade with Persia, including a memorandum on the subject written by Jones (folios 65-66)Routine matters relating to finance and personnel.Some of the papers are included as enclosures to Jones’s dispatches. The correspondents include: John Malcolm; Lord Minto; Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control for India; Robert Adair, Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, Constantinople; George Canning (and his successors, Earl Henry Bathurst and Marquess Richard Colley Wellesley), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Hajee Mahammed Hossein Khan [Hajji Muhammad Hossein Isfahani], Persian Minister; Meerza Mahammed Sheffea [Mirza Mohammed Shafi Mazanderani], Grand Vizier of Persia; Meerza Bozurg [Mirza 'Isa Khan Farahani], Minister to the Crown Prince of Persia; Fath Ali Shah [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh], Shah of Persia; Charles Pasley, Political Agent of the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William and Assistant to Brigadier-General John Malcolm; Askar Khan Afshar, Persian Ambassador to Paris; Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrza Qājār], Crown Prince of Persia; Stephen Babington, Assistant-in-Charge, Bushire [Būshehr]; Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]; Henry Rudland, Resident and Agent at Mocha.Physical description: 1 item (478 folios)
20. Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones and the Chairman of the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated November 1804. The letter reports Manesty’s return to Bussora and discusses the transit of mail, forwarding various correspondence. Manesty states that he has not forwarded any dispatches to India due to the presence of the French privateer La Fortunein the Persian Gulph [Gulf] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/355 and 363-364).2. A letter from Samuel Manesty to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp near Bagdat and dated 13 October 1804. Manesty forwards a report (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/369) on the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813] and speculates on the threat to the rule of the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
21. Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones’s letter of 14 September 1810
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- Abstract: Extracts from an anonymous letter in French dated 26 May 1810, containing reports from the Court of Russia. The letter reports Russia’s hopes for a swift end to the wars on its southern flank with Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and Persia [Iran]; the expectation of an armistice with Persia and the demand for the cession of Georgia and Erivan [Yerevan]; the expected arrival of a Persian Ambassador in Saint Petersburg; and Russia’s relations with France.The letter was enclosed in HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
22. Enclosures in Letter No.3 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 3 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated March 1809, consisiting of:A letter from Jones to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 18 February 1809, reporting Jones’s arrival and reception in Tehran, the departure of the French mission under General Gardane, and Jones’s expectation of beginning negotiations with Persian ministers after the commemoration of Ashooreh [Ashūrā]A declaration by Gardane dated 17 December 1807, describing Franco-Persian treaty engagements in the context of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) and Napoleonic War.A bulletin sent by Gardane from Tabreez [Tabrīz] describing French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong French relations with Russia, and conflict between British forces and the Maratha Confederacy in central India (in French)A letter detailing the terms of subsidy and military assistance offered by Jones to Persian ministers during negotiations in March 1809.The second and third enclosures are written in French.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
23. Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 4 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] and Mirza Chéfy [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister, sent from Tauris [Tabrīz], undated. The letters describe French victories in Spain and Portugal, strong relations between France and Russia, and the threat of insurrection in British-held territories in India, and urge Persia to side with France and expel the British from the country. These letters are written in French.Letters from Hājī Muhammad Husayn Khān Amīn al-Dawlah and Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī to the East India Company, announcing the appointment of Mīrzā Abul Hassan as Persian Ambassador to London. These letters are written in Persian and were presented to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by the Persian Ambassador on 16 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
24. Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters of 21 December 1808, 20 January and 3 April 1809
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]. The principal correspondents are: Sir Harford Jones [later Jones-Brydges], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia; Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal; Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, Commander of the Expedition to the Persian Gulph; Captain Charles Pasley, Acting for Malcolm as Envoy to the Court of Persia; Jonathan Duncan, Governor in Council at Bombay; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; and Andrew Jukes, Surgeon and Acting Resident at Bushire [Bushehr, also spelled Bushere in this volume]. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān, various spellings in this volume], Native Agent at Schyras [Shiraz, various spellings in this volume]; Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī, various spellings in this volume], Vizier of Schyras; Prince Hooseen Alee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, various spellings in this volume], Prince-Governor of Fars; the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār]; Nasr Oolah Khan [Naṣr-Allāh Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars; Mohumed Hussein Khan Karagoozloo [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], a Persian official; Meerza Sheffee [Mirzā Shafi’ Māzandarāni], Grand Vizier (First Minister) to the King of Persia; and Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad].The volume covers the following matters:The diplomatic mission of Harford Jones: his arrival and reception at Bushire; his journey to Schyras and onwards to Tehran; correspondence with Persian officials and royalty; discussion of possible treaty articles, particularly in connection to promises made by Malcolm and Pasley during their earlier diplomatic mission; discussion of the appropriate degree of ostentation the mission should adopt; and discussion of the appropriate style and form of communication to be used between Jones and Persian officialsThe progress and movements of the French Embassy in Persia, under General Gardanne [Claude-Matthieu, Comte de Gardane]European politics in connection with the Napoleonic Wars and specifically concerning relations between Britain, France, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, including reports of the signing of the Treaty of Dardanelles, 5 January 1809, which brought an end to the Anglo-Ottoman War of 1807-09The Government of Bushire, including the removal of Shaik Abdoul Ressoul [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān Āl Madhkūr] as Governor because of his treatment of MalcolmPolitical affairs in Persia, often reported by Jafer Ali Khan and his informantsMalcolm’s Expedition to the Gulph to establish a British naval and commercial settlement on the island of Karrack [Kharg, various spellings in this volume], including: the political reasons behind the expedition; the abandonment of the expedition and the disbanding of the expedition force at Bombay; how (erroneous) reports of Malcolm’s imminent arrival in the Gulph were (or might be) received in Persia and Bagdad, and the impact this might have on Jones’s missionEvents along Persia’s northern frontier, as part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-13, particularly those at Erivan [Yerevan]Charges made by Lord Minto against the conduct of Jones and the latter's response to these charges.The letters found on folios 132-180 are duplicates of those found on folios 47-85.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf.
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