'Translation of a Note from the Persian Ministers dated November 21 1814'

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Translation of a note by the following Persian plenipotentiaries: Mirza Shefi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; Mirza Buzurk [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia; and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], the Royal Secretary; written during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty between Britain and Persia, of 21 November 1814. The note argues that should the British military mission engaged in training Persian troops be withdrawn from Persia, the discipline of the Persian army would suffer. The note also discusses the actions of British troops during the battle at Uslanduz [Aslanduz], during which the Persians claim the British troops fought against the Russians.

The note was enclosed in Morier and Ellis’s letter 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 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).

Extent and format

1 item (2 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/68/162

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Nov 1814 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

NegotiationTreaties

People & organisations

Government of Persia

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