Affairs in Persia

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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department 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. , Number 6 of 1853, dated 19 January 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 6 November 1852. It consists of a letter from HM Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. (for the information of the Governor in Council), enclosing under flying seals copies of twenty-two despatches addressed by Sheil to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Sheil’s despatches concern various matters relating to Persian affairs, including: the annexation of Herat by Persia; and the refusal of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad, Namik Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Governor or Viceroy of Baghdad] to allow Prince Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Mulk Ārā Qājār], the Shah’s younger brother, to enter into Ottoman territory and visit Kerbella [Karbala] unless he is provided with a passport from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador to Persia.

The despatches from Sheil include copies of enclosed correspondence, including letters and translated letters from: the Persian Prime Minister, the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam]; the Agent in Meshed [Mashhad]; the Agent in Sheeraz [Shiraz]; and 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson.

One of Sheil’s despatches discusses negotiations between the Austrian Government and Persia for a treaty of commerce and navigation, and includes a copy of a draft of the treaty (folios 84-91), which is in French.

Extent and format

1 item (72 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 114

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/476

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 62. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of the enclosure.

Written in

English and French 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/5/476, ff 61-132

Former external reference(s)

No. 6 of 1853

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Jan 1853 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

TreatiesPassports

Places

PersiaKerbellaEmirate of Herat

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to IranGovernor of BaghdadPolitical AgentGovernment of the Austrian EmpirePrime Minister to the Shah of Persia'Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār

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