‘Translation of a letter from Manoocher Khan to Col. Macdonald Envoy’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/244
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in Jan 1828-Feb 1828. 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 Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Manoocher Khan discusses the transportation of money intended as reparations to be paid to Russia as part of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He gives details of the movements of five crores of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in two instalments of gold and silver, reporting the plan for the whole sum to be transported to Macdonald Kinneir at Tabreez [Tabriz]. He indicates that once the money has been delivered to Macdonald Kinneir he may act as he deems ‘most expedient for the interests of Persia’, and also that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] hopes that the peace treaty will be concluded soon.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in enclosure No. 12, 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 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).
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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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- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)Reparations
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- East India Company Envoy to PersiaManūchihr Khān Gurjī
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- ‘Translation of a letter from Manoocher Khan to Col. Macdonald Envoy’
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- Gurjī, Manūchihr Khān, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah
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