Copy of Dispatch No. 22 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp near Ahar, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 22 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp near Ahar, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1826/1826
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Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 22 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp near Ahar, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 5 October 1826. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir details his audience with the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], in which the Shah reports the defeat of the Persian army [led by the Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] by Russia in the Caucasus, and requests that Macdonald Kinneir make representations to the Governor-General of India, Lord Amherst, for supplies of weapons and other military stores with which to fight Russia. Macdonald Kinneir also details his reply to the Shah, in which he indicates that recent fighting in India and Britain’s friendly relations with Russia would make it difficult to meet his request. He also details the advice he gave to the Shah for the defence of Persia, including recommendations to muster troops from across Persia, improve defences on the frontier with Russia, and to conduct an irregular campaign against Russian forces.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 13 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/151).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)