Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 16 Nov 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to John Cormick, Chief Physician to the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 4 November 1824. The letter concerns the co-operation of the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā] in the proposed transf...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.R.H. Abbas Mirza to the Emperor Alexander’
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Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Emperor of Russia, Alexander. In the letter, Abbas Mirza expresses his devotion to Emperor Alexander on the occasion of Alexander's visit to Astrachan [Astrakhan]....
‘Translation of a Rackum from H.R.H Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’
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The translation of a rackum [raqm and raqim, a letter or an order] from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. In the rackum Abbas Meerza offers his condolences for the deaths...
Letter from Daoud Khan to Abbas Meerza, and an English Translation of the Letter
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Letter from Daoud Khan [Prince Dāvūd Khān Zādūriyān] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/163 (A)), and an English translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/163 (B)). The letter concerns Daoud Khan’s mission to Constantinople [Istanbul], including details...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Mirza Mohomed Alli to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
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Translation of a letter from the Persian envoy, Mirza Mohomed Alli [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Shīrāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 20 Rujjub [Rajab] 1242 [17 February 1827]. In the letter Mirza Mohomed Alli announces the arrival of h...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
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Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 23 Shawal [Shawwāl, 1242 AH] [20 May 1827]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Hussan Khan...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R. Highness Abbas Meerza’
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Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing a battle betwe...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.R.H. Abbas Meerza to General Paskevitch’
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Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky]. In the letter Abbas Meerza expresses his approval for the removal of the former Governor-General of Geo...
‘Translation of a letter from General Paskevitch to H. R. Highness Prince Abbas Meerza’
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Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], to Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. Responding to Abbas Meerza’s request for his views on the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and...
‘Translation of a letter from H. Excy. the Envoy to H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir argues that Persia entered the war with Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] without due prep...