Publication Date
27 Oct 1826 (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/9/70/150
Record ID
vdc_100038378586.0x000325
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
27 Oct 1826 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
A letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Meerza Abul Hassan Khan, 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 27 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/150 (A)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/150 (B)). In the letter Meerza Abul Hassan Khan reports that according to information contained within a gazette in the possession of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, John Macdonald Kinneir, the Russian ‘frontier authorities’ in the Caucasus had not been forwarding communications between the governments of Russia and Persia concerning the frontier dispute that has led to the outbreak of war between the two sides in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He requests that the Chairman communicate to the Russian Government that Persia has always been unwilling to commence hostilities on the frontier, and indicates that Persia had engaged in hostilities on account of Russian aggression at the frontier and is willing to seek an accommodation in accordance with the Treaty of Gulistan.
This document and its translation were 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 28 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/149).
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