Justin Sheil

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Justin Sheil CB , 1877 (born December 2, 1803 in Bellevue House, near Waterford , Ireland, † April 17, 1871 in London ) was a Scottish- British diplomat and soldier .

Life

Justin Sheil was the son of Edward Shiel (1808-1878) and brother of Richard Lalor Sheil. In 1856 Lady Sheil published Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia , a work to which her husband contributed.

Justin Sheil was recruited by the Royal Navy in 1802, where he was promoted to captain in 1885.

Justin Sheil was recruited to the East India Company's 3rd Bengal (Native) Infantry Regiment in 1819. Justin Sheil trained with the British East India Company. Justin Sheil went to Persia as a military advisor in 1834 and helped Mohammed Shah to the throne from 1834 to 1848. In 1835 he was appointed secretary of the British legation in Tehran.

In 1838, Mohammed Shah and Russian military advisers besieged Herat . From the perspective of British India , the city on the Silk Road occupied a key strategic position, which the Governor of British India George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland , saw best secured by the installation of an independent regent under British protection. The British mission in Persia, under William Taylour Thomson , withdrew to Erzurum , diplomatic relations were broken and the first Anglo-Afghan war developed.

In 1839 the British mission returned and Justin Sheil was entrusted with its leadership. The border between the Ottoman and Persian empires was laid down in the Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin . In September 1843 Sheil discussed with the resident of Busher Captain Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball CB whether Mohammerah belonged to the Persian or Ottoman Empire and brokered the Treaty of Erzurum in 1847 .

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen appointed Sheil in 1844 as envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in Persia.

The Persian government of Mohammed Shah accused Sheil of being the first British envoy to make his mission a refuge for disaffected people, troublemakers and dangerous characters.

Sheil is described as sensitive and well informed. He wrote books about Kurds, Nestorius ' believers and Turks. In 1847 he married Mary Leonora Woulfe (* 1825 at Tiermaclane, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; † 1869). She published Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia in 1856 , to which Justin Sheil contributed.

In 1850 Sheil reported to Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, about the Execution of the Báb. the execution of the Bab .

In 1855 Sheil returned to Bombay .

predecessor Office successor
John McNeill British ambassador to Tehran
1839–1847 		Francis Farrant

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's magazine, Volume 54, p. 220
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Denis Wright, The Persians amongst the English: episodes in Anglo-Persian history , IB Tauris, 1985, 273 S, p. 194
  4. ^ Joseph Wolff, Guy Wint, A mission to Bokhara , Praeger, 1969-254 S, p. 236
  5. ^ Correspondence relating to Persia: Presented to both houses of Parliament
personal data
SURNAME Sheil, Justin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellevue House, near Waterford in Ireland
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1871
Place of death London