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‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to the Prince Royal’ [‎9r] (17/20)

The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 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 General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran] [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], in reply to the Prince Royal’s letter concerning the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia over land on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/69). In the letter, General Wilhemenoff gives a detailed disputation of the Prince Royal’s assessment of the frontier, with reference to the Treaty of Gulistan. He goes on to declare that the agreement for the frontier negotiated between himself and the Persian envoy Futteh Allee Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti] is considered binding by Russia, and that General Yermoloff intends to ‘hold and protect’ the territory allotted to Russia by that agreement. Wilhemenoff also denies that the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Erivan [Yerevan], who had ordered Russian soldiers away from their pickets on contested territory, had the right to do so, as the land, he claims, belongs to Russia.

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 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).

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‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to the Prince Royal’ [‎9r] (17/20), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/79, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100125680049.0x000012> [accessed 30 October 2024]

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