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IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448
- Record Id:
- 041-003708089
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108808520.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448
- Title:
- Despatches from HM's Envoy in Persia
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 9 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 10-20 January 1852.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran], including:- The removal of Meerxa Tekkee Khan [Mīrzā Taqī Khān Farāhānī, also known as Amir Kabir], the Ameer Nizam [Amir-e Nezam], as Prime Minister, his arrest, and his request to the British for protection
- A ruling that inheritance disputes between Muslim and non-Muslin heirs will subsequently be decided in the Royal Court
- A visit by HM Chargé d’Affaires to the Russian-occupied island of Ashoorada [Ashuradeh]
- Construction of forts in Asterabad [Gorgon] as defence against Toorkoman [Turkoman] incursions. A map of the forts is included on folio 412
- Anglo-Russian mediation over Persian-Ottoman border disputes, including the construction of an Ottoman fort at Katoor [Qotur] and outposts near Khoee [Khoy], and Persian occupation of the island of Mehellat [Minu] in the Shut-ool Arab [Shatt al-Arab]
- An attempt to overthrow Syd Mahomed Khan [Sayyid Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy, Governor of Herat] by his exiled predecessor Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], and a Persian offer of assistance to Syd Mahomed.
The primary correspondents are: the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Persia; the Prime Minister of Persia; the Foreign Minister of Persia; and the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia.
The item contains two folios in French, ff 383 and 387, letters from the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary. - 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
040-000539318
041-003708089 - 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/5/472 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 110
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448 : Despatches from HM's Envoy in Persia - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/472, f 412 : Rough sketch showing the relative positions of the new chain of Forts near Asterabad
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0110]/040-000539318[0023]/041-003708089
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (73 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 8 Mar 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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