‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/114
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in Nov 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 Mirza [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 East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza signifies that, upon Macdonald Kinneir’s assurances, he is willing to attend negotiations for peace between himself and General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. He indicates that his apprehensions about attending the meeting had been owing to the approach of a body of Russian troops towards Khoey [Khoy], and that although it transpired that they were intended as an escort for him, their advance ‘could not be considered in any favourable light’. He also requests to know whether Macdonald Kinneir himself intends to be present at the negotiations.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 75 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).
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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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- Nov 1827 (CE, Gregorian)
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- NegotiationRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)
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- East India Company Envoy to PersiaCrown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty
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- IOR/L/PS/9/71/114
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- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
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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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