Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 3 from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, of 2 February 1812. The dispatch requests Lord Minto’s views on the Definitive Treaty between Persia and Britain, which Ouseley is attempting to negotiate, and also the as yet unratified Commercial Treaty. The dispatch also discusses Ouseley’s conversations with the Shah of Persia; the Shah’s viewpoint on the government of the East India Company in India; and the suggestion of a regular communication between Lord Minto and the Shah, and possibly giving the Shah an annual gift.The dispatch also encloses the translation of a letter from the Shah to Lord Minto (not enclosed in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/126).The dispatch is enclosed with a cover letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, dated 20 February 1812, discussing Ouseley’s efforts and difficulties in negotiating the Definitive Treaty, and was received on 8 August 1812.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 10 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 10 May 1818. The letter concerns the determination of the Shah of Persia to send a Persian embassy to Britain, detailing Willock’s representations concerning the high cost of the embassy and the fact that it would have to be paid for solely by Persia. The letter also discusses the aims of the embassy, particularly the Shah’s hopes of seeking pecuniary compensation from Britain for territory lost to Russia in the peace treaty of 1813. Willock details the Persian government's belief that Britain had acted in bad faith in this respect, both in their role in negotiating and facilitating the peace treaty, and in subsequent negotiations between Britain and Persia for the Treaty of Tehran in 1814.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 May 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/173), which was received on 15 September 1818.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings, of 24 May 1819. The letter details the decision of the Shah of Persia to renounce his pretensions to the sovereignty of Bahrein [Bahrain] as detailed in Willock’s Dispatch No. 8 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/199). The letter also details the belief of the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], William Bruce, that the Persians suspect that the British wish to possess Bahrein for themselves.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/198), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 13 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, at Camp Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 27 June 1826. The letter concerns the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, which has the possibility of leading to war. The letter details Persian proceedings concerning the dispute, including:The representations of the religious leader Aga Sied Mahomed [Agha Sayyid Muhammad Mujahid Isfahani, Ayat Allah] to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] in favour of war in response to the reported mistreatment of Muslims in Russian territory in the CaucasusThe arrival of the Russian envoy charged with negotiating the frontier with the Persians, Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] at TabrizThe alarm of the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] at the possibility of war with RussiaThe willingness of the Shah to settle the dispute peaceablyWillock’s representations to the Shah recommending a peaceful resolutionThe views of Persian ministers concerning the dispute, including the Prime Minister of Persia, Allah Ear Khan Auseff ed Dowleh [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah], and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Abul Hussun Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi].The letter also originally enclosed extracts from Willock’s diary detailing the views of the Shah, the Prince Royal and the principle Persian ministers at the Court towards the dispute, which also contains a note of the communications between the Surgeon to HM Mission to Persia, Dr John McNeill, and the Prince Royal and the Shah (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/97).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 (10 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 14 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, at Camp Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 15 July 1826. The letter details Persian proceedings at the camp of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] at Sultanieh concerning the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, which has the possibility of leading to war, including:The influence of the Prime Minister of Persia, Allah Ear Khan [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah], and the Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], over the ShahThe Crown Prince’s expressions in favour of war with RussiaThe failed negotiations between the Prince Royal and the Russian envoy Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] at TabrizThe enthusiastic reception of the religious leader Aga Sied Mahomed [Agha Sayyid Muhammad Mujahid Isfahani, Ayat Allah], who is in favour of war, at the campPrince Minchikoff’s arrival at Sultanieh and his audience with the ShahThe movement of Persian troops to the frontier with Russia.The letter also originally enclosed extracts from Willock’s journal between 3-12 July 1826 (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/101), the translations of correspondence between Russian and Persian officials (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/102), and a note from Minchikoff to the Vizier to the Prince Royal, the Kaem Mukam [Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, Qa'im Maqam] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/103).This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 July 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/99).Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 20 January 1825. The letter reports that the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] has written a letter of condolence and congratulation to the new King of France, Charles X, following his accession to the throne after the death of his predecessor, Louis XVIII, and the possibility that the Crown Prince of Persia ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] may send an officer to France to deliver the letter.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 8 February 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/5).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 30 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tehran, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 28 December 1826. The letter originally enclosed the translation of a letter from Daoud Khan to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], a copy of which was acquired by Macdonald Kinneir’s secret informant at Tabreez [Tabriz] (not included in this item). The letter also details proceedings in Persia relating to the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], including:Abbas Meerza’s communications to the Shah detailing the weakness of the Russian position in Georgia and arguing against the opening of negotiations for peace, and Macdonald Kinneir’s views concerning the veracity of Abbas Meerza’s communicationsPrivate reports of the opening of negotiations for peace between Abbas Meerza and General Madadoff [General Valerian Madatov]The possibility of Abbas Meerza making communications with powers in Europe, including instructions for Daoud Khan to communicate with the French and Austrian ambassadors at Constantinople [Istanbul]The ‘disturbed state of mind’ of the Shah.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 January 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/175).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 31 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 26 December 1819. The letter concerns the British expedition to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] against the Juwasemees [al-Qāsimī] at Ras-il-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and others accused of engaging in piracy by the British. The letter details the representations of the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], Sir Evan Nepean, to the Prince of Shiraz, Hussein Ali Mirza [Husayn Ali Mirza Firmanfima], and Willock’s representations to the Court of the Shah of Persia, concerning the prospect of offensive operations against ports on the Persian coast also accused of piracy. The letter originally enclosed four letters:Copy of a letter from the Governor of Bombay, Sir Evan Nepean, to Willock, of 9 October 1819, enclosing two additional letters (not included this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/210, 211 and 213)Minutes of a meeting between Willock and Ministers of the Court of the Shah (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/212)Copy of an official note from Willock to the Persian Ministers (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/214)Copy of a letter from Willock to Major General Sir William Grant Keir (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/215).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 26 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/208), which was received on 20 April 1820.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
Abstract: Copy of letter number 13, from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ousely, in Isfahan, to Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort WIlliam, Lord Minto. The letter concerns the need to conclude the Definitive Treaty with the Persian Shah, and discusses the following points:That recent unrest threatens to render the treaty uselessThat the Shah is unwell and it is feared a battle for supremacy will break out between Persia's princes if he diesA plan to extend the life of the treaty beyond that of the current Shah.The letter also reports that a fever has spread through the camp and delayed their departure for Tehran.The letter was received from the Foreign Secretary's office on 9 May 1812.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter, numbered 2, from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, of 21 March 1812, which was received on 8 August 1812. The letter concerns an order by Shah of Persia, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, for 30,000 English muskets, with which he intends to equip a standing army of 50,000 soldiers to strengthen the position of his son, the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza. Ouseley discusses the means by which the order may be fulfilled and requests the price to be charged to the Shah.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter, numbered 11, from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Richard Wellesley, in London. The letter describes Ouseley's audience with the Persian Shah and gives details of the monarch's displeasure with the French, his discussion of Mirza Abul Hassan's envoy to England, and his praise of Ouseley's fluency in Persian and knowledge of Persian customs.The letter was received from the Foreign Secretary's office on 9 May 1812.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tabriz, to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of 15 July 1813, which was received on 11 January 1814. The letter encloses a firman [order] and its translation (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/138-139), from the Shah of Persia, concerning the delivery of a present of China porcelain to the Shah from the Company. The letter also concerns a financial transaction for the purchase of some articles in London on behalf of the Shah.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)