Copy of Dispatch No. 48 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 48 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 48 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 48 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 13 May 1827. The letter originally enclosed copies of correspondence from the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] concerning the Russian siege at Erivan (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/229-230). Macdonald Kinneir indicates that he has reason to believe the veracity of the details reported in the enclosed documents, and reports on the progress of the Russian siege, indicating that Russia is seeking to capture Erivan as quickly as possible and suggesting that Erivan will soon fall.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 May 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/227).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)