‘Translation of a letter addressed by HRH. Abbas Mirza to H. E. General Paskewitch’
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Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the ...
‘Transcript of a letter from Col. Macdonald Envoy to H. R. H. Abbas Mirza’
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Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that he has received a report that the servants of the King [Fatḥ-‘...
‘Translation of a letter from HE. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to Lieut Col. Macdonald. Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 24 Rejib [24 Rajab AH 1243 or 10 February 1828]. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan discusses the ...
Abstract of rukums from the Shah of Persia to the Prince of Shiraz
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An abstract of two rukums [raqms, chancery letters] from Futteh Aly Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] to the Prince Regent of Shiraz [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Subzewar [Sabzevar] and dated 9 and 12 Moharram/1 and 4 June 1800. The abstract re...
Letter from John Barker to Harford Jones. Letters between Jones and Soliman Pacha
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This item contains copies of three letters: 1. An extract of a letter from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 24 November 1800. The letter describes a rebellion in Tripoly [Tripoli, Lebanon] against the Ottoman governor Yousef Pashaw [Yūsuf P...
Reports from the Caucasus. Letters to Harford Jones from Samuel Manesty and Robert Rickards
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This item contains copies of four letters: 1. Translations of two anonymous letters to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], with dates in cypher. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus, including an attack on Erivan [Yerevan] by Prince Daoud [David] of Georgia with Russian...
File 600/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Hinterland: Proposed Treaties with the Sultans of Beda and Audali; Treaty with Beda held in abeyance'
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Part 4 of the file relates to negotiations over treaties with the Beda and Audali tribes of the Aden hinterland. The correspondents include: Political Residency at Aden; Government of Bombay; Viceroy of India; India Office, London; Foreign Office, London. The papers cover several matters, inclu...
File 2960/1916 Pt 3 'Exchange compensation allowances to Government servants at Koweit, Muscat, Bahrain, Gwadur, Debai'
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This part contains: correspondence (and a list of the correspondence) between the India Office and the Government of India, regarding the payment of dollar exchange compensation allowance for Government employees at Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait], and for postal staff at Dubai, Gwadur [Gwadar] and ...
File 2794/1921 Pt 2 'Persia: oil concessions in Arabian littoral; Dr Mann and Capt. J. G. Chesney.'
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IOR/L/PS/10/989/2 is concerned with the travels of two individuals, Dr Alex Mann, representative of Ibn Sa'ud in England, and Captain J G Chesney, in pursuit of oil concessions in the Arabian Peninsula and British concerns over their activities. Correspondents include: the Oriental Secretary, ...
File 2853/1922 Pt 2 'Persia: German Trade Activity. Intrusion of German competition in S. Persian Trade & Persian Gulf Shipping. Complaints against Mespot-Persia Corporation.'
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This part contains papers relating to German trade activity in Persia [Iran], and in particular the 'intrusion' of German competition in south Persian trade and Persian Gulf shipping, assisted by the provision of subsidy by the Government of Germany. Topics discussed include the resumption of tra...
