‘Translation of a letter from Mahomed Khan Commander in Chief of the Forces of H R Highness Abbas Meerza to Major Hart’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], Mahomed Khan [Muḥammad Mīrzā?], to Major Isaac Hart, a British officer who has been helping to train Abbas Meerza’s army. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Mahomed Khan describes the recent battle near Eutch Keleesia [an Armenian religious site, possibly at present-day Vagharshapat], detailing the events of the battle, including Abbas Meerza’s unsuccessful attempt to ambush Russian troops. He also details the casualties sustained by Russian forces, supplies seized and prisoners captured (some of whom were executed), and directs Major Hart to inform Dr John Cormick of the particulars of the battle.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 66, 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 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)