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Rackum addressed by Abbas Meerza to the Chairmen of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Rackum

Title	Rackum addressed by Abbas Meerza to the Chairmen of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Rackum
Author	the original rackum in Persian
Publication Date:	1827 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	1
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/L/PS/9/70/224
Record ID	vdc_100038378586.0x00036f
Library Location	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.
Date	1827 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Translation of a rackum [ raqm Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. and raqim, a letter or an order] from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār] to the Chairmen 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 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/224 (1)), accompanied by the original rackum in Persian (IOR/L/PS/9/70/224 (2)). In the rackum, Abbas Meerza indicates that Persia [Iran] was ‘obliged to have recourse to arms’ against Russia following repeated Russian encroachments into Persian territory and the failure of the mission of Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] to resolve Persian grievances in the face of fresh Russian encroachments. He thus argues that Persia is not at fault for the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza also appeals to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for assistance, requesting British mediation between Russia and Persia, and for British assistance in the war at the current moment of crisis. This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, 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 East India Company of 8 May 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/222).
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Rackum addressed by Abbas Meerza to the Chairmen of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Rackum

Author the original rackum in Persian

Publication Date 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 1

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/L/PS/9/70/224

Record ID vdc_100038378586.0x00036f

Library Location 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.

Date 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Translation of a rackum [ raqm Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. and raqim, a letter or an order] from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār] to the Chairmen 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 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/224 (1)), accompanied by the original rackum in Persian (IOR/L/PS/9/70/224 (2)). In the rackum, Abbas Meerza indicates that Persia [Iran] was ‘obliged to have recourse to arms’ against Russia following repeated Russian encroachments into Persian territory and the failure of the mission of Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] to resolve Persian grievances in the face of fresh Russian encroachments. He thus argues that Persia is not at fault for the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza also appeals to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for assistance, requesting British mediation between Russia and Persia, and for British assistance in the war at the current moment of crisis. This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, 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 East India Company of 8 May 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/222).

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