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IOR/L/PS/9/71/42
- Record Id:
- 041-003357221
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003a0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125736530.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/71/42
- Title:
- ‘Letter from H. R. H. Prince Abbas Meerza to H. M. the Shah’
- Scope & Content:
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Translation of a letter from Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār]. Abbas Meerza details the recent Persian victory over Russian troops near Euch Keleesia [an Armenian religious site, possibly at present-day Vagharshapat] during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza gives an account of the events prior to and during the battle, including the heavy losses sustained by the Russians, and reports that following the battle his troops have besieged Euch Keleesia.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 64, 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 5 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/38).
- 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
041-003357221 - 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/9/71/42 : ‘Letter from H. R. H. Prince Abbas Meerza to H. M. the Shah’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0005]/040-003357179[0042]/041-003357221
- 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_100038378586.0x0003a0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- Aug 1827-Sep 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)