Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 8 Jan 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 30 December 1823. The letter concerns the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Persia and Britain t...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
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A translation of a rukum [raqm, chancery letter] from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], to the Agent of the Prince Royal at the Court of Tehran [Mīrzā Ismā’īl], dated 5 February 1824. The letter discusses: Negotiations with the Porte [Ottoman Empire], including a v...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 20 Apr 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 20 April 1824. The letter concerns internal affairs in Persia, in particular: The ascendancy of Abdulla Khan Ameen ed Dowleh [‘Abdu...
‘Memorandum of a conversation with H. E. Meerza Abdul Wahab. Camp 21st July 1827.’
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Memorandum of a conversation between Dr John McNeill and Meerza Abdul Wahab, the Moatamid ud Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], of 21 July 1827. In the memorandum the surrender of the Persian fortress of Abbas Abad [‘Abbasabad], which had been under siege by Russi...
Copy of a letter from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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Dispatch No. 29 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 27 December 1828. The letter covers: The plans of the Prince Royal [‘A...
Correspondence of Harford Jones with J A Grant, Jonathan Duncan and Lord Elgin
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This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 17 October 1801. Grant reports that Jones’s letters to the Governor of Bombay concerning ...
Coll 29/34 'Bushire: economic situation; special arrangements for feeding Residency staff'
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The file concerns the economic situation in Bushire in 1932, due to the scarcity of water and rainfall. The import of livestock and food supplies is requested to the India Office by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, also complaining about attacks to lorries on the Bushire-Shiraz Road...
Coll 35/34 'Persian Gulf: allocation of Persian call signs to Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's wireless stations at Abadan and Maidan-i-Naftun'
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The file concerns the allocation of call signs for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's wireless telegraph stations at Abadan and Maidan-i-Naftun, Iran. The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the India Office, the Foreign Office, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, British...
Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf
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The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait...
The volume comprises two parts discussing the Anglo-Turkish Agreement of 1913 and especially the negotiations with the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] and Shaikh of Mahommera [Khorramshahr] with respect to their boundaries with Turkey. The volume comprises parts 1 and 2 of 2. Each part includes a div...
