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1. 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)
2. Letters from the Court of Persia to Harford Jones
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- Abstract: This item contains translations of four letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 2 October 1802:1. A letter from Meerza Reza Kooli [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik, Principal Secretary to the Shah of Persia], to Harford Jones. The letter concerns a possible Persian expedition against the Wa-ha-bies [Wahhābī movement]. Meerza Reza Kooli states that he has not passed on Jones’s suggestion of an expedition via the Persian Gulf to the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia], claiming that a decisive Persian expedition against the Wa-ha-bies will take place unless the Pasha [Governor] of Bagdad moves against them.2. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] to Harford Jones. The letter reports the reaction at the Court of Persia to the death of the Pasha of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā], expressing hope for continued good relations between Bagdad and Persia and stressing the need for the new Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] to organise repairs and defences in Kerbelai [Karbala] after the recent Wa-ha-by attack. Meerza Bozurg also states that no decision has been taken regarding an expedition against the Wa-ha-bies and that French overtures to Persia will be rebuffed.3. A letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones. The letter concerns communication between the Government of Bagdad and the Court of Persia. Meerza Bozurg suggests that the Government of Bagdad establish communication with the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia].4. A letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbelai. Mohammed Reza Khan states that he has been granted permission to travel to Tehran, reports on the campaign of the King in Khorasan and relations with Afghan princes, and reports that an envoy, Aga Baba Khan Afshar [Āghā Bābā Khān Afshār], has been sent to Bagdad to address the issue of the Wa-ha-bies.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
3. 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)
4. Extract of Letter from Jonathan Lovett to N B Edmonstone
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- Abstract: An extract of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, written in 1803.Lovett reports his arrival in Bushire, the reaction in Persia [Iran] to the news of the death of Hajee Khulleel Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Khān Qazvīnī, Persian Ambassador to India], and the efforts of the former Resident in Bushire, Mehedy Aly Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], to lessen unfavourable reaction to the news.Lovett also reports the suggestion of Cheragh Aly Khan [Chirāgh ‘Alī Khān Navā’ī, Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars] that another Persian Ambassador be sent to India and the receipt of letters from the Court of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
5. File 4500/1920 Pt 2 ‘Persian Situation, July-December 1920’
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence on the political situation in Persia [Iran] from July to December 1920. The correspondence is primarily formed of exchanges between HM Minister in Tehran and the Foreign Office and includes material relating to:The accusations of Sepahdar [Muḥammad Valī Khān Tunikābunī, Sipahdār-i A‘ẓam] against Vossough-ed-Dowleh [Mīrzā Ḥasan Khān Vusūq al-Dawlah], Sarem-ed-Dowleh [Akbar Mīrzā Qājār, Ṣarim al-Dawlah] and Prince Firouz [Fīrūz Mīrzā Fīrūz, Nuṣrat al-Dawlah III] of having received large sums of money in bribes to support the Anglo-Persian AgreementThe recent defeat suffered by the Armenians, the Bolshevik threat posed to the Persian Province of Azerbaijan [Azarbaijan], the possibility of having to evacuate the provincial capital Tabriz, and the belief of General [William Edmund] Ironside that the Bolsheviks and Turks were ‘acting in conjunction’The discussion of the terms of the proposed Soviet-Persian Treaty between HM Minister in Tehran [Herman Cameron] Norman, the Persian Prime Minister and Mīrzā ‘Īsá KhānThe take-over of the Meshed [Mashhad]-Seistan [Sistan] telegraph line by the Indo-European Telegraph Company, the demand of the Persian Government for its restoration, and the Company’s reasons to retain possessionThe proposals of the Soviet Government to that of Persia for an anti-British alliance, conveyed through the Khan of Maku [Murtazā Qulī Khān Bayāt]The dismissal and departure of Colonel [Vsevolod] Staroselsky [Starosselsky], and suppression of demonstrations against the Anglo-Persian AgreementThe demands of the British Government that the Persian Medjliss [Majlis or Parliament] convene as soon as possible to approve the Anglo-Persian Agreement, and refusal to provide additional financial support to the Persian GovernmentThe departure of the Persian Ambassador in Constantinople [Istanbul] for Moscow, with the Persian Government’s demands that the Soviet Government abstain from ‘all interference in Persian affairs [,] provision of moral or material support to Persian insurgents, [and] all propaganda in Persia’The advance made on Resht [Rasht] by the Persian Cossack Brigade, its victory over a Bolshevik detachment and the capture of a cache of documents allegedly proving the deliberate planning of an invasion of Persia by the Soviet Government of AzerbaijanThe victory of the Bolsheviks over the Cossack Brigade at Enzeli [Anzali], the deployment by the British of Norperforce [North Persia Force] to Menjil [Manjil] to hold the line behind the retreating Cossacks, and reports that Kuchik Khan [Mīrzā Kuchak Khān Jangalī] had rejoined the BolsheviksThe departure of Agha Sheikh Mohammed Amin [Āqā Shaikh Muḥammad Amīn] and Seyyid Ahmed Behbaham [Sayyid Aḥmad Bihbahānī] with letters and presents from the Shah [Aḥmad Shāh Qājār] for the Mujtehids [Mujtahids] of Kerbela [Karbala] to issue a Fetva [fatwa] condemning the BolsheviksThe understanding reached between the Persian Government and Kuchik Khan, involving the latter’s submission if a strong force is sent to retake Resht from the BolsheviksThe attack by Persian rebels, supported by Bolsheviks, on the positions of Norperforce, led by General [Hugh Bateman-] Champain, and the latter’s retreat from MenjilThe dispatch of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux to Khorasan to assist the Governor-General in defending the province against the incursions of BolsheviksThe appointment of Colonel Starosselsky as commander of all the forces in the Caspian Provinces, and the consequent fall in prestige of British officers in PersiaThe activities of Khudduverdikhan [Khudā Virdī Khān], a Kurdish ex-brigand from Kuchan [Quchan] and prospective future Bolshevik Commissary of Khorasan.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 356; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.