Copy of Dispatch No. 19 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp at Aher, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton

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Copy of dispatch No. 19 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp at Aher [Ahar], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 29 September 1826. The dispatch originally enclosed copies of letters to the President of the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. and the Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company (not included in this item). The letter reports the defeat of a Persian army under the command of Mahomed Meerza [Muḥammad Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ], the son of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār], at Shamkhar [Shamkir] by a Russian force led by General Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov]. Macdonald Kinneir gives an account of the battle, and reports the subsequent capture of Gunja [Ganja] by Madatoff. The letter indicates that the Prince Royal has moved to relieve Mahomed Meerza, and also details other military developments in the war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], including a report on the composition of the whole of the Persian army in the field. A post scriptum details the arrival of a messenger at the Royal Camp who reports the ‘entire defeat’ of the Prince Royal’s army at Gunja.

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 13 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/151).

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1 item (4 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/70/152

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Date(s)

29 Sep 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

BattlesRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)

People & organisations

East India Company Envoy to PersiaGovernment of Bengal, Chief Secretary

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Copy of Dispatch No. 19 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp at Aher, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/152, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000327> [accessed 28 August 2024]

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