‘Translation of a letter from Colonel Macdonald to H R H Abbas Meerza dated 1st October 1827’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from Colonel Macdonald to H R H Abbas Meerza dated 1st October 1827’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] of 1 October 1827. Macdonald Kinneir acknowledges the receipt of copies of correspondence between Abbas Meerza and the Russian General [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/71) and of Abbas Meerza’s message concerning the deputation of Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell, to the Russian camp, indicating his acquiescence to Abbas Meerza’s wishes regarding the matter. He also indicates that he will endeavour to help accelerate the conclusion of peace in the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] and that he is willing to attend Abbas Meerza’s summons.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in dispatch No. 70, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 26 to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 5 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/72).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Diplomacy - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003c5_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003c5_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/79
IOR/L/PS/9/71/79