Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 28 December 1823.The letter concerns subsidy payments to Persia. Willock reports the arrival of the subsidy account from India detailing the sums owed to Persia, and the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia’s intention to send an agent to India to discuss some disputed points (detailed in IOR/L/PS/9/69/149).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A response from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to the subsidy account from the Supreme Government of India detailing the amount owed to Persia and charges deducted for goods and services provided to Persia.The Prince disputes a list of charges deducted, including charges for arms and ordnance which were supposed to be granted to Persia under the Preliminary Treaty (1809) and charges for items presented as gifts.The list was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Extract from the journal of Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell, the assistant to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, during his visit to the camp of the Prince Royal [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. The journal details the communications between Campbell and the Prince Royal held on 21 September 1827 concerning Anglo-Persian relations and the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], including:The Prince Royal’s frustration at the failure of the British Government to acknowledge or respond to his communications on the subject of the war, which he attributes to a lack of interest in PersiaHis belief that Persia is entitled to a subsidy and mediation in the war from the British, as per Anglo-Persian treaty relations, on account of Russia being the aggressor in the warThe desire of both the Prince Royal and the Shāh of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to send envoys to EnglandThe prospect of a timely agreement of peace with Russia so as to avoid greater pecuniary and territorial demands in the event of a prolongation of the warThe disrespectful behaviour of the leader of the Russian forces, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]The lack of funds available for the Prince Royal to continue to prosecute the war effectively.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 67, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of October 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/67).Physical description: 1 item (17 folios)
Abstract: The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 mostly contains correspondence relating to the Idrisi Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia; Part 2 contains correspondence mainly relating to the subsidy paid to King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi of Hejaz.Each part includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 308; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 10 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 12 May 1812. The letter encloses the quarterly accounts of the Embassy in Tehran and a set of bills for the Chief Clerk at the Foreign Office (not enclosed in this item). The letter reports the contributions of money, matériel and troops made by the Shah of Persia, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, to the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza. Ouseley also quotes from his conversations with the Shah on the subject of Britain continuing the subsidy to Persia following peace with Russia, and argues in favour of continuing the subsidy for five years following a peace deal. The letter also recommends facilitating peace between Russia and Persia to mitigate the impending conflict between France and Russia.The letter was enclosed in Ouseley’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 1 June 1812 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/130).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a translation of an agreement between HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, and the Persian Government. In the agreement the cessation of the subsidy paid by the East India Company to the Persian Government is dependent on the conclusion of a peace treaty between Russia and Persia, and the restoration of some of territories from Russia to Persia.The translation was enclosed in the letter of HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 21 August 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/155).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tabriz, to the President of the Board of Control, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, of 19 July 1813, which was received on 24 January 1814. The letter advises against the planned dispatch of British officers to Persia, on the basis of the imminent peace between Persia and Russia, following which the subsidy paid to Persia by the East India Company will cease and therefore leave Persia unable to maintain a standing army.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 21 January 1825. Willock reports the impatience of the Persian Government for the settlement of the subsidy account between Britain and Persia, and warns that relations with the Crown Prince of Persia ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] would be damaged by the failure to settle the account.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secretary to the Political Department of the East India Company, William McCulloch, of 8 February 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/3).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a secret letter from the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London, to the Earl of Buckinghamshire, of 22 August 1812. In the letter the Secret Committee requests that the Earl of Buckinghamshire draw to the attention of HM ministers the payment of a subsidy to Persia by the East India Company, which it is required to pay while Persia remains at war with Russia, and the need for peace between the two sides to be negotiated to relieve the Company of this obligation. The letter also communicates the opposition of the Secret Committee to an article of the Definitive Treaty between Britain and Persia which supports the Crown Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza’s claim to the Persian throne.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a secret letter from the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London, to the Earl of Buckinghamshire, of 13 April 1813. In the letter the Secret Committee follows up its request that the Earl of Buckinghamshire draw to the attention of HM ministers the payment of a subsidy to Persia [Iran] by the East India Company, which it is required to pay while Persia remains at war with Russia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/134). The letter communicates the Company’s continued payment of the subsidy and emphasises the need for peace to be negotiated between Persia and Russia to relieve the Company of this financial burden.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tehran and dated 4 April 1824.The letter reports that Major George Willock has been charged by the Shah and Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia with a mission to India to discuss disputed points in the subsidy account, and asks the Court of Directors promptly to address Persia’s claims.It also forwards a dispatch to the Governor-General of Bengal (IOR/L/PS/9/69/170) and correspondence from the Shah and Prince Royal (IOR/L/PS/9/69/171-173).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.