Affairs in Persia

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Enclosures no. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, 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. , dated 25 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 22 May-13 July 1844.

The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran], including:

• Reported fighting and disturbances in Sheeraz [Shiraz] and other parts of Fars, and the intention of the Prime Minister of Persia to recall the Governor
• Plans by the Governor of Kerman, reportedly on the orders of the Prime Minister, to attack Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], claiming the Omani Governor has ‘failed to pay the usual rent’
• A report from German missionary Dr Joseph Wolff that he is about to depart Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara] with ten Persian and ten Russian prisoners whom he has ransomed, and that the Ameer [Emir] has despatched an Ambassador to England with gifts for Queen Victoria
• A later report from Dr Wolff that he has not been allowed to depart and has instead been imprisoned by the Ameer
• Reports of Russian naval activities at Ashooradeh [Ashuradeh] on the Caspian Sea
• The expulsion from Persia of two French clergymen accused of proselytising
• Border negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum] between Persia and the Ottoman Empire
• The Prime Minister’s intention to ‘prove the right of Persia to the possession’ of Bahrein [Bahrain].

The primary correspondent is HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran. Other correspondents include: the Prime Minister of Persia; the British Consul, Tabriz; the Russian Minister in Tehran; the French Minister in Constantinople [Istanbul]; and Dr Wolff.

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1 item (31 folios)

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 70

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/432

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/5/432, ff 471-501

Former external reference(s)

No. 76 of 1844

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Sep 1844 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

BordersCivil unrestReligious conversionDiplomacyPrisonersTreaty of Erzerum (1847)Territorial disputes

Places

PersiaBahrein

People & organisations

Emir of BukharaGovernor of Bandar AbbasGovernor of KermanAmbassador of France to the Ottoman EmpirePrime Minister to the Shah of Persia, Qajar dynastyHM Chargé d'Affaires to IranPrince-Governor of Fārs, Qajar dynastyGovernment of the Russian EmpireBritish Consul, TabrizJoseph Wolff

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