Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Shirazi], to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. In the letter, Mirza Abul Hassan Khan indicates his regret at the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War 1826-1828], and tells Yermoloff that he should not have allowed the encroachments made by Russian troops on Persian territory in the Caucasus and that the Persian Government had no choice but to enter into hostilities following the failure of negotiations to settle the dispute. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan announces the dispatch of his nephew Mirza Mohomed Alli [Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Khan Shirazi] to Yermoloff, accompanying a party of Russian prisoners and bearing a letter to the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count [Karl Robert] Nesselrode. He also indicates that he is willing to ‘settle the existing differences’ with Yermoloff, and that Mirza Mohomed Alli is authorised to propose and effect a suspension of hostilities.This translation was originally enclosed, numbered 3, 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 (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter addressed by the Persian envoy Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī] to the Kayim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā'im-Maqām], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran]. The letter gives an account of Mirza Mahomed Ali’s mission to Tiflis [Tbilisi], including details of his discussions with Russian officials including the former Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazoravitch [Semyon Mazarovich], and the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. These details include:The delivery of messages from the Foreign Minister of Persia, Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī] and the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār] to General YermoloffGeneral Yermoloff’s denial of a request for Mirza Mahomed Ali to proceed to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg]Russia’s eagerness to retaliate against Persia for the expense caused by the war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and the Emperor of Russia’s private view that Persia is the aggressor in the war and his hope of gaining ‘a fortress and a river’ to protect the Russian frontier with PersiaThe exchange of prisoners between Russia and PersiaRussian military plans for offensive operations against Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, 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 21 April 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/214).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], the Aussef ed Dowlah [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. In the letter the Aussef ed Dowlah offers his condolences for the deaths from illness of members of Macdonald Kinneir’s entourage, including George Malcolm, the nephew of the former envoy to Persia, John Malcolm, and indicates that he has dispatched a messenger to enquire after Macdonald Kinneir’s health.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 11, 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 letter (1 folio)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], the Aussef ed Dowlah [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter is a complimentary letter marking Macdonald Kinneir’s approach to the Court of the Shah, attributing the recent Persian military victories over Russia to his approach.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 8, 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)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrza Qājār̄], dated 12 May 1810. The letter relates to the arrangements for the Turkish [Ottoman] frontier in the armistice negotiations between Russia and Persia and advises against allowing Russia to occupy towns on the Turkish frontier. The letter also reports on diplomatic relations between the European powers and discounts alleged inaccuracies printed in French gazettes.The letter was enclosed in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 2 June 1810, and was received on 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Sirdar of Erivan, Hoossein Khan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār]. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir informs Hoossein Khan of complaints made by the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchakoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], concerning his treatment at Erivan. Macdonald Kinneir also reports that Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov], a Russian officer who had brought gifts to the Shah of Persia, will be travelling through Erivan on his way to Tiflis [Tbilisi], accompanied by the Persian envoy Meerza Mohomed Alli [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shīrāzī]. He indicates that he hopes that Noskoff will be able to make his journey without hindrance.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], to Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. Responding to Abbas Meerza’s request for his views on the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/12), General Paskevitch indicates that he is willing to agree peace with Persia, providing that the peace is concluded ‘in a manner worthy of the honour and consistent with the interests of Russia’. He also indicates his view that Russia was not at fault for the outbreak of the war, and that Russia might be justified in seeking ‘due retribution’ from the Persian Government for ‘hostile and faithless acts’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, 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 10 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/21).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fatteh Ali Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to the Governor-General of India [Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William], Lord Minto. The letter contains effusions of friendship from the Shah, and congratulates Lord Minto on his recent victories, the Shah having been fully apprised of Lord Minto’s role as Governor-General by HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley.The letter was enclosed in Ouseley’s dispatch No. 3 to Lord Minto of 2 February 1812 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/123).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter by the Sirdar of Erivan, Hoossein Khan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. In the letter, Hoossein Khan offers an explanation for the detention of the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchakoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Erivan, in response to Macdonald Kinneir’s indication that Minchakoff was dissatisfied with his treatment there (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/200). Hoossein Khan explains the propriety of his treatment of Minchakoff, indicating that Minchakoff was directed to remain at Erivan on the orders of the Persian Ministers, and referring to a dispute over Minchakoff’s expenses.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Sir Harford Jones, received on 14 May 1810. The letter concerns the breaking off of armistice negotiations between Russia and Persia over the issue of the Turkish [Ottoman] frontier, and reports of peace negotiations between Turkey and Russia mediated by Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter also urges Jones to continue his work in Persia in the interest of maintaining relations between England [Britain] and Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter of 2 June 1810, and was on received 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter is a complimentary letter marking Macdonald Kinneir’s approach to the Court of the Shah, enquiring after his health following delays to his approach.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9, 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)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Abbas Meerza acknowledges the receipt of letters from Macdonald Kinneir and indicates that he has dismissed Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell, with instructions to apprise Macdonald Kinneir with information on various subjects. Abbas Meerza also indicates that Campbell has been entrusted with correspondence between himself and the Russian General [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/71), and reports that he has annulled the appointment of Meerza Abdool Hoossein Khan [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn Khān Shīrāzī], who had been appointed to serve as an envoy to the British Government.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in dispatch No. 67, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of October 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/67).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)