‘A detail of occurrences at Tabreez since the 24th of October to the 5th of November 1827’ [‎1r] (1/24)

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A report by George Willock on the events occurring at Tabreez [Tabriz] from 24 October 1827 to 5 November 1827. The report gives a detailed description of the advance of the Russian army towards Tabreez and the occupation of the city by Russian troops led by Prince Arristoff [Georgii Yevseevich Eristov] without opposition during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], notably:

• The movement of refugees away from the Russian advance
• The flight and capture of Alli Yar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia]
• The desertion of Persian troops and the entry of Russian troops and officers into the city
• The Russian occupation of the city and the various responses of the local elites and population to the occupation
• The submission of other towns and districts of the province of Azerbijoun [Azerbaijan], including the siding of some of the tribes in the region with Russia and the rising of some populations against Persian rule
• The arrival of the commander of Russian forces, General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], at the head of the Russian army, including the extent and composition of the Russian forces
• The movements of Russian forces in Persia.

The account concludes by reporting the meeting between the Russian plenipotentiary General Obreskoff [Aleksandr Mikhailovich Obreskov] and the Cayim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia], at which the Cayim Mukam was presented with peace terms (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99).

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in dispatch No. 74 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).

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