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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/5
Title:
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 23 Shawal [Shawwāl, 1242 AH] [20 May 1827]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Hussan Khan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/9/71/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/21
Title:
Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp on the borders of the Lake of Shahee, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp on the borders of the Lake of Shahee [Lake Urmia], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 10 July 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 18 Septembe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1827-18 Sep 1827
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/9/71/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/26
Title:
‘Translation of a letter from H. R. H. Abbas Meerza to H. E. the Kaim Makaum’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to his Vizier, the Kaim Makaum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/9/71/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/30
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 55 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp at Khoee, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 55 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp at Khoee [Khoy], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 19 July 1827. The letter concerns military operations in the ongoing war...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1827
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/9/71/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/75
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 70 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 70 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 October 1827. Macdonald Kinneir relates news from the Prince Royal [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

16. IOR/L/PS/9/71/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/146
Title:
Map Detailing the Russian Siege of Erivan of 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827
Scope & Content:
Map detailing the Russian siege of the fortress of Erivan [Yerevan] between 5 October 1827 and 13 October 1827 during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith. The map is based upon information procured by Monteith f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1827
Extent:
1 map sheet

17. IOR/L/PS/9/71/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/147
Title:
‘Memorandum of the Siege of Erivan by the Russian troops from the 5th to the 13th of October 1827’
Scope & Content:
Memorandum of the siege of Erivan [Yerevan] by Russian troops under the command of General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] from 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827, by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith of the Madras Engineers, in Tabreez [Ta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

18. Mss Eur F231/29, ff 102-107

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 102-107
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received Nov.20.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (24 September, 2, 8, 13, 14, 15, and 18 October 1856, Numbers 64-66, 68-69, 71-73, and 75). The subject matter includes the size and composition of the Persian Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)