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IOR/L/PS/9/70/163
- Record Id:
- 041-003357111
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000332
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128076488.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/70/163
- Title:
- Letter from Daoud Khan to Abbas Meerza, and an English Translation of the Letter
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from Daoud Khan [Prince Dāvūd Khān Zādūriyān] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/163 (A)), and an English translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/163 (B)). The letter concerns Daoud Khan’s mission to Constantinople [Istanbul], including details of:
- Daoud Khan’s efforts to get passports and permission to enter Poland and his efforts to contact Prince Constantine [Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia]
- Details of the conclusion of peace between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman efforts to muster troops
- The dispatch of a large Russian force from Crimea to Georgia
- A French offer of mediation in the war between Russia and Persia [Iran] in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]
- Russian representations at Constantinople concerning the outbreak of the war between Russia and Persia, and the responses of the ambassadors there to reports of Persian advances towards Tiflis [Tbilisi].
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, 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).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003356948
041-003357111 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/70 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/70/163 : Letter from Daoud Khan to Abbas Meerza, and an English Translation of the Letter - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0004]/040-003356948[0163]/041-003357111
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000332
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1826
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Original Persian letter attached upside down to the first folio of the English translation.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)