Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian. British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local o...
Report of a Meeting between the Shah of Persia and the Emperor of Russia
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch forwards a letter from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 21 June 1871, reporting that the Shah of Persia was to meet the Emperor of Russia at Tiflis that summer.
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch concerns a prohibition by the Persian Government on the export and storage of grain and provisions, as a result of a grain shortage. The correspondence shows that British officials felt that the measur...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The papers consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul General at Baghdad, and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia. The reports include: the Turkish occupation of El-Hasa [Al Hasa]...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning Zanzibar affairs. The papers include: the suppression of the slave trade, and the British Government's wish to end the subsidy paid by the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Ruler of Muscat. The papers include c...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871 concerning affairs at Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]. The papers cover: complaints about oppressive revenue farming at Bandar Abbas; the proposed lease of Bandar Abbas from the Government of Persia to Syud Toorkee [Sa...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the Rebellion of Mahomed Yacoob Khan [Mohammad Yaqub Khan] in Afghanistan. The papers cover: telegram from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning Persian policy in Afghanistan (fo...