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IOR/L/PS/9/71/86
- Record Id:
- 041-003357265
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003cc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128086260.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/71/86
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from The Asuf ul Dowleh to The Envoy to the Court of Persia’
- Scope & Content:
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Translation of a letter from the Asuf ul Dowleh, Alyar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Asuf ul Dowleh reports the determination of the Persian Government to negotiate a peace agreement in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has requested Macdonald Kinneir’s assistance. He requests that Macdonald Kinneir contact General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to propose negotiations, and indicates his belief that the British Government will be able to mediate between Russia and Persia.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 73 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 1 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/84).
- 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
041-003357265 - 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/9/71/86 : ‘Translation of a letter from The Asuf ul Dowleh to The Envoy to the Court of Persia’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0005]/040-003357179[0086]/041-003357265
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003cc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- Oct 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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