Translations of Correspondence between the Persian and Russian Governments

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The translations of correspondence between officials in the Persian and Russian governments. This document contains:

• Correspondence between the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mirza Qājār], and the Russian envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov]
• Correspondence between the Vizier to the Prince Royal, the Kayim Makam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām], and Prince Minchikoff
• A letter from Emperor Nicholas of Russia to Abbas Meerza
• A letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Karl Robert Nesselrode, to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meeza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī].

These communications concern the ongoing frontier dispute between Russia and Persia, detailing reported tensions on the frontier between Russia and Persia, and indicating the desire of the Russian Government to settle the frontier peacefully.

This document 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 23 July 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/99).

Extent and format

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/70/102

History of this record

Date(s)

Jun 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomacyBorder disputes

People & organisations

Crown Prince of PersiaMinister for Foreign AffairsAlexander IMirza Abu'l Qasim FarahaniAleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov

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Translations of Correspondence between the Persian and Russian Governments, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/102, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0002f5> [accessed 27 July 2026]

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