Letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: A letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 10 February 1827. The letter concerns the memorial submitted by Captain Hart to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, through which he hopes to receive similar ‘indulgences’ to other British officers serving in Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/190). In the letter, Captain Hart, who is training Persian troops, indicates that he believes that he has not received the same treatment as other officers due to his being in the service of HM Government, while they are in the service of the East India Company. He appeals to Macdonald Kinneir to make representations to the Company in favour of his memorial on the basis that Macdonald Kinneir is familiar with the case, including his duties, which are ‘not of an easy or trifling nature’.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 12 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/188).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)