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Enclosure 75/16 to letter of 9 Dec 1827 [2v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 17 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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A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehran and dated 17 November 1827.
The letter concerns proposed means of ending the ongoing conflict between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. McNeill reports a change in the attitude of the Moatemed [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah, Persian Minister] towards pursuing peace terms. McNeill also asks Macdonald Kinneir to intercede with Russian representatives to moderate their demands.
This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 16 in 75, 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 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).
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- Enclosure 75/16 to letter of 9 Dec 1827
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- 1r:2v
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