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‘Translation of a letter addressed by General Wilhemenoff to Meerza Sadok. Dated Tiflis 22d Jany. O.S. 1826’ [1r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 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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Translation of a letter dated 22 January 1826 from General Wilhemenoff, deputy to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to Meerza Sadok [Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Marvazi], who is on a mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate the frontier dispute between Russia and Persia [Iran]. Wilhemenoff requests that Meerza Sadok deliver a letter to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], and informs Meerza Sadok that until General Yermoloff has received permission from the Emperor of Russia he cannot return the disputed territory, on the north east shore of the lake of Gokcheh [Lake Sevan], to Persia.
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 2 April 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/75).
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