‘Translation of a letter from H.M. the Shah to Lieut Col. Macdonald Envoy at the Court of Persia’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from H.M. the Shah to Lieut Col. Macdonald Envoy at the Court of Persia’
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. In the letter the Shah praises Macdonald Kinneir for his ‘zeal and attachment to our person and our government’. He also indicates that he has sent the Kaim Makam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā'im-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] to meet Macdonald Kinneir at Tabreez [Tabriz], to where the latter is returning and where Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] has already arrived, and instructs Macdonald Kinneir to conclude the agreement of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] in a satisfactory manner.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in enclosure No. 4, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Peace treaties
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000449_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000449_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/211
IOR/L/PS/9/71/211