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Letter from Abbas Mirza to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company

Title	Letter from Abbas Mirza to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Author	withholding mediation and the payment of subsidy to Persia during the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War
Publication Date:	Dec 1827 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	1
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/L/PS/9/71/150
Record ID	vdc_100038378586.0x00040c
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	Dec 1827 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Letter, in Persian, from Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās 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] to the Chairman 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, Hugh Primrose Lindsay (IOR/L/PS/9/71/150 (1)), and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/150 (2)). In the letter, Abbas Mirza expresses his disappointment that the British Government has failed to fulfil its treaty obligations to Persia [Iran] by withholding mediation and the payment of subsidy to Persia during the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Mirza indicates that he still expects Britain to fulfil its treaty obligations, on account of Persia not having been the first aggressor in the war, and argues that Persia still needs British support due to the imminent agreement of peace between Persia and Russia. 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 17 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/148).
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Letter from Abbas Mirza to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company

Author withholding mediation and the payment of subsidy to Persia during the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War

Publication Date Dec 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Document

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 1

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/L/PS/9/71/150

Record ID vdc_100038378586.0x00040c

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 Dec 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Letter, in Persian, from Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās 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] to the Chairman 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, Hugh Primrose Lindsay (IOR/L/PS/9/71/150 (1)), and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/150 (2)). In the letter, Abbas Mirza expresses his disappointment that the British Government has failed to fulfil its treaty obligations to Persia [Iran] by withholding mediation and the payment of subsidy to Persia during the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Mirza indicates that he still expects Britain to fulfil its treaty obligations, on account of Persia not having been the first aggressor in the war, and argues that Persia still needs British support due to the imminent agreement of peace between Persia and Russia. 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 17 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/148).

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