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IOR/L/PS/9/71/303
- Record Id:
- 041-003357482
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0004a5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133160606.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/71/303
- Title:
- Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
- Scope & Content:
-
Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828.
The letter discusses:
- The plans of the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] plans to travel to St Petersburgh [Saint Petersburg] to seek financial and territorial concessions from Russia, and possibly to travel from there to Europe
- Macdonald Kinneir’s opinion of the character and popularity of the Prince Royal and his influence over Persia’s foreign policy
- The deployment of troops by the Prince Royal against the Rouandiz [Rawāndiz Kurds], which Macdonald Kinneir suspects is aimed at acquiring territory from Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- The movements of the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Ali Shāh Qājār].
The letter also forwards a dispatch to the Governor-General of Bengal (IOR/L/PS/9/71/302 and 304).
A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/301.
- 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
041-003357482 - 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/9/71/303 : Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0005]/040-003357179[0303]/041-003357482
- 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_100038378586.0x0004a5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1828
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- 14 Dec 1828
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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