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‘Meerza Abul Hussun Khan to Count Nesselrode’ [‎4v] (8/8)

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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1826. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The translation of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Meerza Abul Hussun Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi], in Sultaneah [Solţānīyeh], to Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, Count Karl Robert Nesselrode, dated 18 Zerhugel [Zū al-Ḥijjah] AH 1241 [24 July 1826]. In the letter, Meerza Abul Hussun Khan remonstrates against the alleged infringements of the Russian border authorities upon Persian territory, at variance with the terms of the Treaty of Goolistan [Gulistan], including the military occupation of lands on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan]. Meerza Abul Hassan Khan details the ineffectual attempts made by Persia to gain redress for these infringements, most recently during the mission of Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] to Persia, and appeals to Count Nesselrode for a solution.

This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 23 July 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/99).

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