‘Translation of a letter from the British Envoy to the Court of Persia to H. E. the Kaim Mukam’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia, the Kaim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir appeals for the good treatment and provision of better accommodation for a group of Russian officers being held as prisoners of war by the Crown Prince, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mirza Qājār], particularly on account of possible peace negotiations between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in No. 43, 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 (1 folio)