‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to Futteh Ali Khan Beglerbegee of Tabriz’
IOR/L/PS/9/70/56
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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 Governor-General of Georgia, General Alexis Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Beglerbegee [Beglerbegi, or Beylerbeyi, Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Tabriz, Futteh Ali Khan [Fath-‘Ali Khan Rashti]. In the letter, General Yermoloff is critical of Futteh Ali Khan on the grounds that the agreement concluded between themselves at Tiflis [Tbilisi] for the settlement of the frontier between Russia and Persia [Iran] in the Caucasus is not considered binding by the Persian Government.
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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- 1825 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Governor-General of GeorgiaFath-'Ali Khan Rashti
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- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to Futteh Ali Khan Beglerbegee of Tabriz’
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- 1r:2r
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- Yermolov, Alexey Petrovich
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- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. General Yermoloff to Futteh Ali Khan Beglerbegee of Tabriz’
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- 2v
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