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IOR/L/PS/9/71/37
- Record Id:
- 041-003357216
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00039b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125736413.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/71/37
- Title:
- Confidential Papers Acquired by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from his Secret Informant at the Camp of the Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Mirza
- Scope & Content:
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Confidential papers acquired by the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from his secret informant at the camp of the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/35). The document contains the substances of the following letters:
- Mirza Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī] to the Prince Royal, detailing his meeting with General Peskavitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] at Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad], during which Peskavitch refused to accede to armistice terms agreed between the Prince Royal and Peskavitch’s private secretary, Grebiodoff [Alexander Sergeyevich Gribodoyev] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/34) and indicated the terms he would be willing to accept for peace
- Peskavitch to Abbas Mirza, in which he refuses Abbas Mirza’s request for either himself or his son, Mahomed Mirza [Muḥammad Mīrzā], to travel to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg] to discuss the war with the Emperor of Russia, and indicates that he himself is invested with full powers to agree peace
- Grebiodoff to Mirza Mahomed Ali Osteurre [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shīrāzī], indicating that Peskavitch has refused to accede to the proposal for an armistice of ten months but has agreed to a ceasefire of five weeks.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/33).
- 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
040-003357179
041-003357216 - 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/9/71 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/71/37 : Confidential Papers Acquired by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from his… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0005]/040-003357179[0037]/041-003357216
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00039b
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- Aug 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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