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1. IOR/L/PS/9/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71
Title:
Letters from Persia
Scope & Content:
Letters from Col John Macdonald, Envoy Extraordinary from the Government of India to Persia. With enclosures (listed separately) Fragments of letter covers (not for issue) corresponding to IOR/L/PS/9/71/166-190 are located in a separate folder in the relevant box.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1827-Dec 1828
Extent:
13 boxes, 305 items

2. IOR/L/PS/9/71/182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/182
Title:
List of Enclosures in Dispatch No. 81
Scope & Content:
List of the enclosures in dispatch No. 81 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton (IOR/L/PS/9/71/170).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/71/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/176
Title:
Slip of Paper Labelled 'The Treaty'
Scope & Content:
Slip of paper reading: ‘No 6 The Treaty. See the separate Bundle of Treaties’. ‘The Treaty’ refers to the treaty negotiated to end the war between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], which was originally enclosed, numbered 6 [in dispatch No. 81], in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/71/259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/259
Title:
‘A List of British Officers and Serjeants attached to the Service of Abbas Meerza’
Scope & Content:
A list of the British officers and sergeants attached to the service of Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], giving their names and units. This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in dispatch No. 92, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 34 to the Secret Committe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1828
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/71/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/241
Title:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], containing a letter, and a note enclosed with that letter, both of which are to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and also a note to Macdonald Kinneir’s assistan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/71/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/44
Title:
‘Hussein Khan Sirdar to Seif ul Moolook Meerza’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Hussein Khan Sirdar [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan] to Seif ul Moolook Meerza [Sayf al-Mulūk Mīrzā Qājār], dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussein Khan Sirdar reports the recent victory of Persian troops led by the Prince Royal [Crown ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/71/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/141
Title:
Principle Clauses of the Proposed Treaty of Peace between Russia and Persia
Scope & Content:
The principle clauses, in French, of the proposed treaty of peace between Russia and Persia [Iran], for the cessation of the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The key clauses include the cession of the provinces of Erivan [Yerevan], Naktchevan [Nakhchivan] and Talysche [Talish] to Russ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1827
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/71/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/128
Title:
Enclosure 75/21 to letter of 9 Dec 1827
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter in cypher from the Moatemed-ul-Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], Persian Minister, to the Kaim Makaum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī Qāʾim Maqām], Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran]. The letter concerns negotiations with Russia to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/71/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/46
Title:
‘Substance of a communication by an officer who deserted from the Russian camp’
Scope & Content:
The substance of a communication from a Russian officer who has deserted, along with a private, from Sheesha [Shusha] during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The officer reported that Sheesha and the surrounding area are occupied by only a small number of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1827-Sep 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/71/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/10
Title:
Enclosure 49/8 to letter of 22 Jun 1827
Scope & Content:
This item consists of two Russian military communications during the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Iran] in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]: An intercepted letter from General Peskowitch [Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], Governor-General of Georgia, to General Benkendo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jun 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)