‘Hussein Khan Sirdar to Seif ul Moolook Meerza’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/44
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The record is made up of 1 item (1 folio). It was created in 31 Aug 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 Hussein Khan Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Iravan or Yerevan] to Seif ul Moolook Meerza [Sayf al-Mulūk Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār], dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussein Khan Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. reports the recent victory of Persian troops led by 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] over Russian troops from Aberan [Aperan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/39). He gives a brief account of the battle and indicates that the surviving Russian troops retreated to Euch Keleesia [an Armenian religious site, possibly at present-day Vagharshapat], which is now being besieged by Persian troops.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in dispatch No. 64, 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 5 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/38).
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- Qājār, Ḥusayn Qulī Khān
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