The Arrival at Constantinople of the Brother of the Shah of Persia
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The papers consist of correspondence from Charles Alison, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning the reception given at Constantinople by the Ottoman Sultan to the refugee Prince Abbas Mirza, and the statement...
Visit of an Uncle of the Shah of Persia to the Emperor of Russia at Tiflis
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The Enclosure consists of a letter from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran] to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 17 August 1871. The Hishmet-ed-dowleh, uncle to the Shah of Persia, was ...
Joint Tribute Payable by Qatar and Bahrain to the Amir of Najd
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses one from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 12 September 1871. The Enclosure concerns a report fro...
The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 13 December 1871, concerning the capture and execution by the Ottoman authorities at Baghdad of Shah Riza, a Persian subject, on a charge of brigandage on Ottoman territory. The Enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles ...
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...
Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871, concerning the settlement of the frontier between Persia and Khelat [Kalāt], in Beloochistan [Baluchistan]. The frontier settlement mission was led by Major-General Frederick John Goldsmid. The papers include: cor...