Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871.The papers consist of correspondence from Charles Alison, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning the reception given at Constantinople by the Ottoman Sultan to the refugee Prince Abbas Mirza, and the statement reported in a newspaper at Baghdad that the Prince had been appointed Heir Apparent by the late Mahomed Shah [Muhammad Shah Qajar]. The correspondence reports the protests of the Shah of Persia at both pieces of news, and the request of the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs that the Prince be returned to Baghdad.The Enclosures are dated 18-23 August 1871.1 item (4 folios)