Enclosure 110/8 to letter of 5 Oct 1828

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A translation of a letter from the Ameen ool Dowleh [‘Abdāllah Khān Amīn al-Dawlah, Prime Minister of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, undated.

The letter concerns the repayment of 200,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. previously paid to the Prince [‘Abbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] in exchange for the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty. The Ameen ool Dowleh states that he has discussed the matter with the Kaim Mukam [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī Qā’im-Maqām, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] who denied sending the message described by Macdonald Kinneir (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/279).

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 8 in dispatch No. 110, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 36 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 of 5 October 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/262).

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1 item (2 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

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

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/71/280

History of this record

Date(s)

c Jun 1828 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

PaymentTreatiesBilateral relations

People & organisations

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

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