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IOR/L/PS/9/70/216
- Record Id:
- 041-003357164
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000367
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128076737.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/70/216
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by Mirza Mahomed Ali to H.E. the Kayim Mukam’
- Scope & Content:
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Translation of a letter addressed by the Persian envoy Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī] to the Kayim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā'im-Maqām], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran]. The letter gives an account of Mirza Mahomed Ali’s mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi], including details of his discussions with Russian officials including the former Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazoravitch [Semyon Mazarovich], and the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. These details include:
- The delivery of messages from the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī] and the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār] to General Yermoloff
- General Yermoloff’s denial of a request for Mirza Mahomed Ali to proceed to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg]
- Russia’s eagerness to retaliate against Persia for the expense caused by the war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and the Emperor of Russia’s private view that Persia is the aggressor in the war and his hope of gaining ‘a fortress and a river’ to protect the Russian frontier with Persia
- The exchange of prisoners between Russia and Persia
- Russian military plans for offensive operations against Persia.
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 21 April 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/214).
- 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
041-003357164 - 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/9/70/216 : ‘Translation of a letter addressed by Mirza Mahomed Ali to H.E. the Kayim Mukam’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0004]/040-003356948[0216]/041-003357164
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000367
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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