‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Excellency General Paskewitch to His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza & &’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. General Paskewitch acknowledges the receipt of communications from Abbas Mirza and indicates that he has communicated the terms that he is willing to accept for the agreement of peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to the Persian envoy, Futh Alli Khan [Fatḥ ‘Alī Khān Rashtī, Governor of Tabriz]. He recommends the immediate acceptance of these terms to ensure peace.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 8, in dispatch No. 73 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, 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)