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Copy of Dispatch No. 46 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton [‎2v] (4/6)

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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 9 May 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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Copy of dispatch No. 46 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 May 1827. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing battles between the two sides including the unsuccessful attempt by General Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov] to cross the Araxes [River Aras] in Carabaugh [Karabakh]. The letter also reports the Russians having appointed the Archbishop of Tiflis [Tbilisi] to officiate as the Primate of the Armenian Church, details of Russian military logistics, and the replacement of General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov] as Governor-General of Georgia by General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich].

This document was originally enclosed 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 10 May 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/225).

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Copy of Dispatch No. 46 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
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