‘Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar to Colonel Macdonald’
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Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussan Khan Sirdar reports the victory won by the Heir Apparent [Crown Prince of Persia, ...
‘Translation of a letter from the Asuf-ul-Dowleh to the Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from the Asuf-ul-Dowleh, Alyar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Asuf-ul-Dowleh acknowledges the receipt of Macdo...
‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to the Envoy’
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Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiatio...
‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to General Paskevitch’
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Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. The ruckum concerns the ongoing nego...
‘Translation of a letter from the Envoy to the Prince royal’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [R...
‘Translation of a letter from the Envoy to the Prince Royal’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian W...
‘Reply of Abbas Mirza to the proclamation of General Peskowitch’
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The reply of Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to the proclamation issued by the Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], which announced the breaking off of peace negotiations and the re...
‘Translation of a letter from Meerza Abdoul Wahab to the Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from Meerza Abdoul Wahab [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Meerza Abdoul Wahab reports the return of a courier to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājā...
‘Translation of a letter from Manutcher Khan to the British Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from Manutcher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the delivery of five crores of tomans, in instalments of gold and silver, to Russia as part of t...
‘Translation of a letter from Manoocher Khan to Col. Macdonald Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Manoocher Khan discusses the transportation of money intended as reparations to be paid to Russia as part of the pea...