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 7 December 1823. The letter concerns a rumoured secret agreement between Persia and Russia whereby Russia will guarantee the succes...
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 Lord Conyngham, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 18 April 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Persia and Britai...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 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 Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 6 July 1824. The letter reports on issues in Persia’s relations with Russia, including: A proposal by the Prince Ro...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 18 Oct 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 14 October 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia to the British G...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 18 Oct 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 18 October 1824. The letter reports on internal affairs in Persia, including: The departure of Ameen ud Dowleh [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn...
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 Lord Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 5 November 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia and su...
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 Charge d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 11 November 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia. Willo...
‘Translation of a Journal Kept by Mirza Mahomed Ali whilst on a Mission to Tiflis’
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Translation of the journal kept by the Persian [Iranian] envoy, Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī], sent to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate with the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. Mirza Mahomed Ali details his arrival and rece...
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence discussing the need for the overhauling of lighthouses and lightships in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses arrangements for a tour of inspection, as well as the more general issue of financing lighting and buoying in the Gulf. Not...
‘Copy of Map showing Territories adjacent to the Frontier’
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A copy of a large-scale map of Persia, referred to in an agreement between the British and Persian Governments of 27 December 1895. Notes on the map indicate three boundary lines: a red and green solid frontier line, as drawn by Major Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John in 1872; a dotted blue line...
