‘Translation of a Journal kept by Meerza Saleh during his late Missions to the Russian Head Quarters’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a Journal kept by Meerza Saleh during his late Missions to the Russian Head Quarters’
- Creator:
- Author: Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a journal kept by the Persian envoy Meerza Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī] during his missions to the Russian army’s headquarters at Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad] and Karababa [Qarababa] during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Meerza Saleh details his visits to:The Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], during which was discussed the terms that the Russians would be willing to accept for peaceThe Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], accompanied by Paskevitch’s private secretary, Grebiodoff [Alexander Sergeyevich Gribodoyev], where preliminary proposals for an armistice and peace are discussed and drawn upThe Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] at Marand, during which, in Meerza Saleh's discussions with the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince] and Meerza Abdoul Wahab [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], it becomes clear that the Prince Royal and Kaim Mukam are attempting to deceive the Shah about the strength of the Russian Army.The account also covers: the Prince Royal’s idea to bribe Paskevitch; the Shah’s orders for the Prince Royal to attack the Russian forces in Erivan [Yerevan]; and a transcript (in Persian and English) of a short satirical poem written by the Kaim Mukam (f 11).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, 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 20 August 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/33).Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Negotiation
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Governor-General of Georgia
Crown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty
Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000398_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000398_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/34
IOR/L/PS/9/71/34