‘Translation of a Letter addressed by H.E. Meerza Abool Hassan Khan to the Right Honorable Charles Williams Wynn, President of the Board of Controul’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a Letter addressed by H.E. Meerza Abool Hassan Khan to the Right Honorable Charles Williams Wynn, President of the Board of Controul’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the President of the Board of Control, Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, dated September 1827. The letter is nearly identical to Meerza Abool Hassan Khan’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/59). Meerza Abool Hassan Khan discusses the outbreak of the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], placing the blame for the war on the ‘Russian Frontier Authorities’ [the Russian Government in Georgia], in opposition to the wishes of the Emperor of Russia, and indicating that Persia had sought to avoid war but had been rebuffed by the frontier authorities. He reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] intends to send him to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], via Vienna or London, to effect a reconciliation between Russia and Persia, indicating a wish for British mediation in the endeavour.This document was originally enclosed 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 (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mediation
Diplomacy
Bilateral relations
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003b2_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003b2_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/60
IOR/L/PS/9/71/60