‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Prince Minchakoff’
Date:
1826/1828
Description:
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchakoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov]. In the letter Abbas Mirza acknowledges the receipt of Prince Minchakoff’s letter and gift of sable skins, and expresses his warm feelings towards him, following the unsuccessful termination of Prince Minchakoff's mission to Persia.This translation was originally enclosed, numbered 7, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 11 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/179).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)