‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to General Paskevitch’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to General Paskevitch’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the ruckum Abbas Meerza acknowledges the receipt of the Russian peace proposals given to his Vizier, the Kaim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99), and indicates that he is en route to the agreed meeting place for negotiations with Paskevitch, at Dekharghon [Azarshahr]. He also states that he is willing to agree to Russian demands for the cession of the provinces of Erivan [Yerevan] and Nukshirvan [Nakhchivan], and the payment of fifteen crores of tomans [Persian currency] in reparations, in return for the evacuation of the rest of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russian troops. He also requests that the period of payment for reparations be arranged so as to be ‘consistent with the resources’ of Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6, in dispatch No. 74 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 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Reparations
Negotiation - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003de_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003de_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/104
IOR/L/PS/9/71/104