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IOR/L/PS/9/70/214
- Record Id:
- 041-003357162
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000365
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125737563.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/70/214
- Title:
- Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 21 April 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 9 July 1827. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and announces the return of the Persian envoy Meerza Mohomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shirāzī] from negotiations at Tiflis [Tbilisi]. Macdonald Kinneir also reports that the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], plans to invade Persia imminently, and his belief that the capture of Erivan [Yerevan] will be a key Russian objective. He details the plans of Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to resist the invasion, and indicates that he has received little assistance in his efforts from the Shah.
The letter also originally enclosed the following documents:
- The transcript of a secret dispatch to the Governor-General of India [Lord Amherst]
- A letter from Meerza Mohomed Ali to the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]
- A letter from General Yermoloff to Abbas Meerza
- A letter from General Yermoloff to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī]
- A confidential communication from Abbas Meerza to the Sir-e Ashker [Serasker, Governor] of Erzeroon [Erzurum], acquired by Macdonald Kinneir’s secret informants.
These documents are now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/215-219.
- 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
041-003357162 - 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/9/70/214 : Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Secret… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0004]/040-003356948[0214]/041-003357162
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (3 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000365
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 21 Apr 1827-9 Jul 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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