Publication Date
26 Feb 1828-1 Mar 1828 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/9/71/200
Record ID
vdc_100038378586.0x00043e
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
26 Feb 1828-1 Mar 1828 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Copies of: a 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] (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (1)) with an English translation (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (2)), and a letter, in French, from General Jean Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (3)), which are addressed to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letters praise Macdonald Kinneir’s efforts in facilitating the recent signature of the peace treaty [Treaty of Turkamanchay] ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828].
This document was 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 11 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/198).
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