Copy of Dispatch No. 1 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning

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Copy of dispatch No. 1 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 13 January 1826. The letter originally enclosed copies of correspondence between the Russian General Wilhemenoff and the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] concerning an ongoing border dispute between Russia and Persia over land on the shores of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/68-69). The letter itself also concerns this frontier dispute, detailing:

• The Prince Royal’s erroneous reports of a build-up of Russian troops in the Caucasus
• The mission of Mirza Saudik [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi] to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to discuss the dispute with General Wilhemenoff
• The desire of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to open a correspondence with Canning concerning the dispute, and Willock’s efforts to defer the matter until the arrival of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Persia.

This document was originally enclosed in Willock’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 17 February 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/66).

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1 item (6 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.

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/70/67

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Jan 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Border disputesDiplomacy

People & organisations

HM Chargé d'Affaires to PersiaSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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