‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.R.H. Abbas Meerza to General Paskevitch’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/12
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 1827. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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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Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [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] to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky]. In the letter Abbas Meerza expresses his approval for the removal of the former Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermaloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], whom he blames for the outbreak of the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and for Paskevitch’s subsequent appointment. He also reflects on the progress of the war, and indicates that he is aware that Paskevitch has been empowered by the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count [Karl Robert] Nesselrode, to either conclude peace with Persia or to continue the war, and so requests Paskevitch’s ‘views and wishes’ on the matter.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, 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 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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- 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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- 1827 (CE, Gregorian)
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- DiplomacyRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)
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- Governor-General of GeorgiaCrown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty
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- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.R.H. Abbas Meerza to General Paskevitch’
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- 1r:3v
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- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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