‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 23 Shawal [Shawwāl, 1242 AH] [20 May 1827]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Hussan Khan Sirdar gives details of the Russian siege of Erivan [Yerevan], including the bombardment of the city and the conditions faced by the population. He also details the delay to the progress of a courier sent by Abbas Meerza caused by Russian troop movements in the area surrounding Erivan.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in dispatch No. 49, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Siege warfare
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Geographic region:
- Erivan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00037b_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00037b_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/5
IOR/L/PS/9/71/5