[Letters to the Foreign Office on Russian intrigues with the Amir of Afghanistan from Alfred Norton, Lyons, 20 Sep & 3 Oct 1878, with a covering letter on Norton to A N Wollaston from H Seymour King 29 Oct 1878]
Report on the late movement of the Russian force in the Trans-Caspian district, with notes on its present condition and disposition, and the condition of the settlements of Ashurada and Krasnovodsk Cpt G C Napier, 1879
Statement by Alim Mirza [on Russia in Central Asia] enclosed in Sir H Layard's despatch No 913 dated 23 October 1879 (translation from the Turkish of Transoxiana). trans J W Redhouse, 20 Nov 1879
'From Captain the Honourable G. C. Napier, on Special Duty in Persia, to the Political Secretary, India Office, Westminster, dated London, 30th July 1879'
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report by Captain George Campbell Napier on his journey to the Turkoman [Turcoman] frontier of Persia in 1878. It outlines his attempts to facilitate the submission of the Merve [Mary] and the Akhal [Ahal] Turkomans to Persia, as an alternative to their annexation by Russia.
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...