Tehran Affairs

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This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, and intelligence reports relating to events in Persia [Iran].

Topics discussed include:

• Correspondence with the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam] about investigations with the authorities at Fao concerning the landing of enslaved people in the ship Mahmoodee
• A letter of congratulations that the Shah had changed the title of the Sedr Azim from Excellency to Altesse (Highness) and the decoration of the order of Nooeean [Nuian]
• Arrangements for a pension for the widow of Mr Reed who was the confidential clerk and accountant to the Tehran Mission
• Letters from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Meshed [Mashhad] (translated by Ronald F Thomson), concerning meetings in Meshed to persuade the Ruler of Herat to form a contract
• Outbreak of cholera in Meshed and its dissemination to Tehran by pilgrims returning from Meshed
• Translation of the articles of a secret treaty of friendship (ff 126-127) said to have been negotiated at Tehran between Nicolai Anilchkoff [Anichkov] and the Persian Government, concerning relations between Persia and Russia and other powers
• Correspondence between Taylour Thomson, HM Consul, Tehran, and the Sedr Azim concerning the attitude of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Persia to requests made by the head of the British delegation.
• Translation from a letter written by Cazee Mahomed of Herat, a native of Punjab, residing in Meshed, to the Russian Minister at Tehran.

Correspondents include: Taylour Thomson, HM Envoy and Charge d'Affaires, Tehran; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Meshed; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Asterabad [Astarabad, i.e. Gorgān]; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay [Mumbai]; the Sedr Azim.

Extent and format

1 item (133 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY V 121'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/483

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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/5/483, ff 38-150

History of this record

Date(s)

26 Nov 1854-15 Jan 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

CholeraTreatiesDiplomacySlave trade

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Political ResidentSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsHM Chargé d'Affaires to Iran

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