‘Translation of a letter addressed by Lieut. Colonel Macdonald. Envoy & & to His Excellency the Assuf ed-Dowleh &. &. &. Tabriz. September’

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Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabriz, to the Prime Minister of Persia, the Assuf ed-Dowleh [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah]. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that he has learned of a plan to send Mirza Abdul Hoosain Khan [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn Khān Shīrāzī] to London to announce the intended mission of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī] to the British Government (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/51-53). He reminds the Assuf ed-Dowleh that the former HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, and the former Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, have conveyed letters from the Persian Government to the British Government. Indicating that Willock is due to arrive in Persia within forty days, Macdonald Kinneir recommends that the plan to send an envoy be delayed until the receipt of answers to either of the above communications, and that should it subsequently be decided to send an envoy, a ‘person of higher qualifications’ than Mirza Abdul Hoosain Khan should be chosen.

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in dispatch No. 65, 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 22 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).

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1 item (2 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

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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

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IOR/L/PS/9/71/56

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Date(s)

Sep 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Bilateral relationsRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)

People & organisations

East India Company Envoy to PersiaPrime Minister to the Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty

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‘Translation of a letter addressed by Lieut. Colonel Macdonald. Envoy & & to His Excellency the Assuf ed-Dowleh &. &. &. Tabriz. September’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/71/56, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003ae> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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