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Enclosure No. 121 to Letter of 14 December 1828 [‎6v] (12/16)

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The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 26 Nov 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. 121 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 26 Nov 1828.

Macdonald Kinneir discusses his conduct during the negotiations prior to the signing of the Treaty of Turkoman Chahee [Turkamanchay] and in relation to the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty, which concern British subsidies and military aid to Persia.. The letter also reports: the withdrawal of Russian troops from Khoee [Khoy] in exchange for a large payment from Persia and an offer from General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to gift the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] 100,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. on the receipt of this payment; developments in the war between Russia and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] [Russo-Turkish War, 1828-29]; and the movements of the Shah.

This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 38 to the 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 dated 14 December 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/301 and 303).

Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/302.

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