‘Translation of a Letter announcing the capture of Heraat from His Majesty the King of Persia to Lt. Coll. Macdonald Envoy to the Court’
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the King of Persia [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter announces the capture of Heraat [Herat] by Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)