‘Translation of a letter from the Aussef ed Dowlah to the Envoy’
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
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)