No. 916.
Mr. Pratt
to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
Teheran, July 3, 1888.
(Received August 13.)
No. 254.]
Sir: Referring to my No. 252, diplomatic series, of
the 23d ultimo, I have the honor to report that I have now received from the
minister for foreign affairs the official announcement of the appointment of
his excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Persia to the United States,
a copy of which announcement, with translation and copy of my official note
in response, is herewith respectfully submitted for your consideration.
The Department will, I hope, approve of my course in this matter.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No.
254.—Translation.]
Khavam ed-Douleh to
Mr. Pratt.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Teheran, 21 Schatan
(2 July,
1888).
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that in
order to fulfill the requirements of the friendship and good relations
existing between our two great nations, and in accords ance with what
had been agreed to in the premises, his excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli
Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, has been appointed, by order of His Imperial
Majesty the Shah, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near
the Government of the United States, and directed to proceed to
Washington with Jus letters of credence.
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His Majesty’s envoy has been given the necessary instructions in order to
maintain the good relations which unite our two countries, and it is
assumed that the ministers of your Government will aid him in the
fulfillment of this mission.
Accept, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 254.]
Mr. Pratt to
Khavam ed-Douleh.
Legation of the United States,
Teheran, July 3,
1888.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge
your official note of the 21st Schatan (2d July, 1888), apprising me of
the appointment on the part of His Imperial Majesty the Shah of his
excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Persia to the United
States.
This announcement, which I shall forthwith transmit to Washington, will,
I am sure, prove most gratifying to my Government and be received by it
as evidence of the genuine friendship entertained by His Imperial
Majesty for the United States and of His Majesty’s sincere desire to
firmly cement the amicable relations which have happily so long existed
between the Persian and American Governments.
I have, etc.,
