‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hoossein Khan Sirdar of Erivan to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy etc. etc. etc.’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
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)