‘Translation of a letter from The Asuf ul Dowleh to The Envoy to the Court of Persia’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from The Asuf ul Dowleh to The Envoy to the Court of Persia’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Asuf ul Dowleh, Alyar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Asuf ul Dowleh reports the determination of the Persian Government to negotiate a peace agreement in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has requested Macdonald Kinneir’s assistance. He requests that Macdonald Kinneir contact General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to propose negotiations, and indicates his belief that the British Government will be able to mediate between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 73 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 1 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/84).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Peace treaties
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003cc_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003cc_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/86
IOR/L/PS/9/71/86