‘Translation of His Royal Highness Abbas Mirzas answer to His Excellency Lieut General Wilhemenoff’
IOR/L/PS/9/70/53
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 1825. 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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Translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to Lieutenant-General Wilhemenoff. The letter is in reply to Wilhemenoff’s letter concerning 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] having driven Russian soldiers away from territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/52). The letter states that the disputed territory is Persian territory, in concordance with the Treaty of Gulistan, and denies Russia the right to occupy it until an arrangement for the settlement of the frontier has been agreed.
This translation 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 3 December 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/50).
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/9/70/53
- Title
- ‘Translation of His Royal Highness Abbas Mirzas answer to His Excellency Lieut General Wilhemenoff’
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- 1r:2r
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- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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- IOR/L/PS/9/70/53
- Title
- ‘Translation of His Royal Highness Abbas Mirzas answer to His Excellency Lieut General Wilhemenoff’
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- 2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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