George Alexander Stevens letter to Justin Perkins, 1848 June 18
Stevens, George Alexander (Diplomat)
Geo Alex Stevens letter to Justin Perkins in which Stevens primarily writes regarding an affair in Tabreez (Tabriz) in which some twenty-five Armenian homes were plundered and three Armenian women were violated. He calls the event "a regular flare up here- I mean the threatened murder of all the Armenians." He provides a full account of the incidents leading up to the event involving the Begglerbeggee (Beylerbey) and Russian Consul; the event itself, during which he was the Acting (British) Consul as his brother was away; and the aftermath. Mentioned in the account are Burgess, the Vizier Nizam, a servant of the Russian Consul's secretary, the Mooshtahed (Mujtahid), the Sheik ul-Islam, the Vallyahd, Malek Mansour Meerza, Meerza Hassam Ibrahim Agha, Mehdy Khan Ketkhada, and the Topchees. In closing he also mentions Ferajullah Khan and Hussan Aly.
