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IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 256-299
- Record Id:
- 041-003792260
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117491090.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129649511.0x00000b
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 256-299
- Title:
- Affairs in Persia
- Scope & Content:
-
Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 29 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 June-31 October 1844.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in, and relating to, Persia [Iran], including:
- The release of Persian diplomat Abbas Koolee Khan [‘Abbās Qulī Khān] from imprisonment in Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara] and his attempts to also secure the release of German missionary Dr Joseph Wolff
- Reported fighting and disturbances in Sheeraz [Shiraz] and other parts of Fars
- Reports suggesting an undue level of influence held by the Russian Minister in Tehran over the Government of Persia
- Activities in Bussorah [Basra] of Sheikh Thamir [Chief of the Banū Ka‘ab], and Persian fears he may be planning an attack on Mohemmera [Khorramshahr].
The correspondents are: HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; Dr Wolff; the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia; the British Consul, Shiraz; the British Consul, Tabriz; the Russian Minister in Tehran; and the Ambassador of Persia to the Ottoman Empire.
- 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
040-000539279
041-003792260 - 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/5/433 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 71
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 256-299 : Affairs in Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0071]/040-000539279[0011]/041-003792260
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (44 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129649511.0x00000b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 29 Nov 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 93 of 1844
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)