‘Translation of a letter from H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’
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The translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter is a complimentary letter marking Macdonald Kinneir’s approach to the Court of the Shah, enq...
Letter from Henry Willock, in London, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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Letter from the former HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in London, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 6 January 1827, which was received on 12 January 1827. The letter originally enclosed dispatches from HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Can...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Prince Minchakoff’
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The translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchakoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov]. In the letter Abbas Mirza acknowledges the receipt of Prince Minchakoff’s letter and gift of sable ...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Colonel Macdonald Envoy to His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 12 November 1827. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir reports that he has been instructed by...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Colonel Macdonald Envoy to His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 12 November 1827. The letter concerns negotiations for peace in the war between Russia an...
Map Detailing the Russian Siege of Erivan of 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827
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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...
‘Translation of a Letter from the British Envoy to H Excellency Mirza Abul Hassan Khan’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] of 7 January 1828. Macdonald Kinneir exhorts Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to ensure that the mo...
‘Translation of a Despatch from His Excellency Meerza Abul Hussan Khan to the British Envoy’
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Translation of a despatch from Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Meerza Abul Hussan Khan reports the arrival of three crores of tomans, which is part o...
‘Translation of a letter from Houssein Khan Sirdar of Erivan to Colonel Macdonald Envoy’
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Translation of a letter from the Sirdar of Erivan, Houssein Khan Sirdar [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Houssein Khan Sirdar reports that an instalment of three crores of tomans, i...
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Lt. Colonel J Macdonald Envoy to HRH. Abbas Meerza’
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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], of 18 March 1828. The letter concerns the agreement between Macdonald Kinneir and Abbas Mee...