‘Translation of a letter from H. R. H. Abbas Meerza to H. E. the Kaim Makaum’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/26
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in Jul 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 his Vizier, the Kaim Makaum [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza details an attack by himself and his forces against Russian forces, during which Persian troops from Irak [Arak] deserted and began to ‘plunder and devastate the country’. He describes their conduct and complains that their behaviour is detrimental to his ability to fight Russia.
The letter includes an extract of a letter from the commandant of the fortress of Abbas-Abad [ʿAbbasabad], Mahomed Ameen Khan [Muḥammad Amīn Khān Qājār Davallū], to Ibrahim Khan [Ibrāhīm Khān], detailing the Russian siege of Abbas-Abad.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, 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 10 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/21).
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- ‘Translation of a letter from H. R. H. Abbas Meerza to H. E. the Kaim Makaum’
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- 1r:2v
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- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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- ‘Translation of a letter from H. R. H. Abbas Meerza to H. E. the Kaim Makaum’
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- 2r:2v
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- Qājār Davallū, Muḥammad Amīn Khān
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