‘Prince Menchikoff to Ausef ud Dowleh’
IOR/L/PS/9/70/107
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 21 Jul 1826. 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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The translation of a letter from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Sooltaneeah [Solţānīyeh], to the Prime Minister of Persia, the Ausef ud Dowleh [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah], of 21 July 1826. In the letter, Prince Menchikoff indicates that the instructions with which he was empowered to settle the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus were based on proposals discussed between the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] and the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermeloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], and his deputy General Wilhemenoff, dating to 1825, which he argues are no longer commensurate with the current state of the negotiations. On this basis he proposes the appointment of commissioners to settle the frontier dispute, or for Persia to send an envoy to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg].
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).
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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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- 21 Jul 1826 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Border disputesRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)
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- Prime Minister to the Shah of PersiaAleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov
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- ‘Prince Menchikoff to Ausef ud Dowleh’
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- 3r:3v
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