Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force

This volume primarily concerns Britain's Persian Expeditionary Force and the state of relations between the British and the Persians following the end of the Anglo-Persian War. The volume contains letters written and received by a range of correspondents, including the following:. Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Commander of the Persian Expeditionary Force, Bushire; Meerza [Mirza] Mahomed Khan, Sirkisheekchee Bashee and Mookhtar-ood-Dowlah, Persian Commander-in-Chief; Hajee Sheikh Mohsin Khan, representative of Meerza Mahomed Khan; Captain James Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf (also referred to as Political Agent of the Persian Forces and Civil Commander); Brigadier-General John Jacob, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, Bushire; Brigadier Henry Willoughby Trevelyan, Commandant of Artillery in Persia; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; Charles Augustus Murray, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia; Brigadier Robert William Honner, Commander at Karrack [Bandar-e Charak]; Ahmed Khan, Durya Begee and Governor of Bushire; His Royal Highness Prince Tahmasp Meerza [Tahmasp Mirza Mu'ayyid al-Dawla], Governor of Fars; Commander James Rennie, Senior Naval Officer, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bushire; George Frederick Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India; The volume has been divided into sections and summarised as follows:. Folios 3-54: Hajee Sheikh Mohsin Khan's visit to the British Commander-in-Chief [Brigadier-General John Jacob], Brigadier Henry Willoughby Trevelyan's return visit to the Persian Commander-in-Chief [Meerza Mahomed Khan], and details of the powers devolved by Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram to Brigadier-General John Jacob; Folios 55-69: Extracts (sent to Bombay by the Resident) from the Tehran Gazette regarding the renewal of friendship between Britain and Persia, religious toleration in Persia, and Afghans residing in Persia; Folios 70-84: The return of His Excellency Charles Augustus Murray to the Persian capital and the evacuation of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Bushire; Folios 85-107: General John Jacob's farewell orders; Folios 108-192: The appointment of Ahmed Khan as Governor of Dashtestan and Bushire

The letters generally proceed in chronological order from 17 June 1857 to 30 July 1858. However, there are several examples of letters appearing out of sequence; the file has been divided into sections and there are cases where the letters at the beginning of a new section pre-date those letters which appeared at the end of the previous section.

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