Dispatch No. 36 from Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir to the Secret Committee with list of enclosures
IOR/L/PS/9/71/262
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The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 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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Dispatch No. 36 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], 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 Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 5 October 1828.
Macdonald Kinneir forwards various correspondence 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. (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/263-296). The letter also covers: the movements of the Count of Erivan [Yerevan] [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]; the state of affairs in eastern Persia, in particular a rebellion in Kermaun [Kerman]; and Macdonald Kinneir’s efforts to secure the evacuation of Russian troops from Khoie [Khoy].
Attached is a list of the correspondence originally enclosed.
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The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
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- Dispatch No. 36 from Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir to the Secret Committee with list of enclosures
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