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IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 1a-47
- Record Id:
- 041-003678364
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105154085.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000013
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 1a-47
- Title:
- Persian Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 92 of 1848, dated 1 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 15 July to 14 August 1848. The enclosures consist of copies despatches from HM Chargé d'Affaires to the Court of Persia [Iran] (Lieutenant Colonel Francis Farrant) to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Palmerston), concerning the state of affairs in Persia, received under flying seals by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The despatches in No. 3 are numbered 53-59 and are dated 23 to 29 June 1848, and the despatches in No. 4 are numbered 62-68 and 70 and are dated 10 to 31 July 1848. Some of the despatches include copies of enclosed correspondence, including correspondence between Farrant and the Prime Minister of Persia [Sadr-i A'zam], Hajee Meerza Aghassee [Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani) Aqasi].
The enclosures discuss matters including:
- The situation in the Province of Koordistan [Kurdistan]
- Affairs in Khorasan and Mazanderan [Mazandaran]
- The invasion of districts of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] rented by the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, by a force under the command of the Governor of Kerman
- Reports of the invasion of the territory of Khiva by a Russian force
- A packet of letters in the charge of a courier of the British mission being carried off by force and opened on the road to Shiraz
- Russian influence in Persia
- Actions taken by HM Chargé d'Affaires in response to Meer Ali Naakie Khan [Mir 'Ali Naqi, also spelled Meer Alee Nekkee Khan in this item], the confidential agent of Prince Bahman Meerza [Bahman Mirza], being seized upon entering Tehran by a party of the Shah's gholams [ghulams], despite Farrant having previously obtained a written guarantee from the Persian Government that Meer Ali Naakie Khan's life and property were secure and that he was pardoned for any offences he might have committed; and the assistance given by HM Chargé d'Affaires to the Elkhane [Ilkhani] of Fars.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539304
041-003678364 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 1a-47 : Persian Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304[0001]/041-003678364
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (48 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000013
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 1 Nov 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 92 of 1848
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 1. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)