Publication Date
Oct 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/9/71/65
Record ID
vdc_100038378586.0x0003b7
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
Oct 1827 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Letter, in Persian, from Abbas Meerza [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 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/65 (1)) and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/65 (2)). Abbas Meerza raises the stipulation in Anglo-Persian treaty relations [the Definitive Treaty of 1814] for the provision of a subsidy from Britain to Persia [Iran] in the event of Russian aggression leading to the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia. He requests that the subsidy be paid, on account of the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] and his responsibility, and urgent need, to pay for Persia’s war effort.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, 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 of 12 October 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/64).
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