‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. Meerza Abool Hassan Khan H. P. Mty’s Minister for Foreign affairs to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mirza Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns ‘unbecoming proceedings’ on the part of the Government of Fars, which had been reported to Meerza Abool Hassan Khan by Macdonald Kinneir (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/176). Meerza Abool Hassan Khan indicates that he has represented the matter to the Shah of Persia, who has sent a representative and Firmans to the Prince of Fars (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā) and his Vizier, Zekee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khan], so as to settle the matter.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in No. 41, 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)