IOR/L/PS/9/70/160

Translation of a letter from the Persian [Iranian] Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī], to the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Nessolrode [Count Karl Robert Nesselrode]. In the letter, Meerza Abul Hussan Khan give his thanks for the receipt of a crystal couch as a gift for the Shah of Persia, and reports the imminent return of the bearer of the gift, Mr Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov], to Russia. The letter also reports that the Shah has released a group of Russian prisoners held in Tehran, who will be sent to Tiflis [Tbilisi] accompanied by Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī], and indicates that the Persian Government wishes to send an ambassador to the Russian Government to clarify the role of the Russian ‘frontier authorities’ in the outbreak of the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828].

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in enclosure No. 1, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 December 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/156).