‘Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar to Colonel Macdonald’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar to Colonel Macdonald’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussan Khan Sirdar reports the victory won by the Heir Apparent [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] and Hoossein Khan, the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār], over the Russians (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/39). He also requests that Macdonald Kinneir provide him with a portable spyglass, as the one that he had previously given him has broken.The letter also includes a note, presumably added by the translator, clarifying the names of the two brothers, Hoossein Khan and Hussan Khan. It indicates that Hoossein Khan is the Sirdar of Erivan, who had remained inside Erivan during the recent Russian siege of the city, and that Hussan Khan, his younger brother, had commanded troops outside of the city.This document was originally enclosed, in dispatch No. 63, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 5 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/38).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Battles
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00039e_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00039e_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/40
IOR/L/PS/9/71/40