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IOR/L/PS/9/71/94
- Record Id:
- 041-003357273
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003d4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100127455163.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/71/94
- Title:
- Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabriz, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabriz, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 26 October 1827. In the letter, Monteith reports that he was unable to effect the removal of the British detachment at Tabriz before the occupation of the city by Russian troops led by Prince Aristoff [Georgii Yevseevich Eristov]. Monteith also details the surrender of the city to the Russians, his communications with Prince Aristoff, and the capture of Aliar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia]. Included in the letter is a note, in French, from Mr I Schaunbourg to Monteith, requesting that Monteith inform Macdonald Kinneir of the events in Tabriz and request his further instructions.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 10, 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
041-003357273 - 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/9/71/94 : Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabriz, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0005]/040-003357179[0094]/041-003357273
- 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_100038378586.0x0003d4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 26 Oct 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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