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IOR/L/PS/9/70/70
- Record Id:
- 041-003357018
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002d5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125737176.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/70/70
- Title:
- Copy of Dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
- Scope & Content:
-
Copy of dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 17 February 1826. The letter reports Persia’s intention of sending an embassy of condolence and congratulation to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg] following the death of the Emperor of Russia, Alexander, and the succession of a new Emperor, Constantine [Konstantin Pavlovich], and the recall of the mission of Mirza Saudik [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi] from Tiflis [Tbilisi] following Emperor Alexander’s death. Willock also details the wishes of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] for the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī] to write to Canning concerning the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus with a request that the British Ambassador at St Peterburgh assist in settling the dispute.
This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 February 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/66).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003356948
041-003357018 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/70 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/70/70 : Copy of Dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0004]/040-003356948[0070]/041-003357018
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002d5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1826
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 17 Feb 1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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