‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Mirza requests that Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Captain John Campbell, may accompany a messenger who is charged with delivering a letter from Abbas Mirza to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], so that they may be able to report the nature of their reception at the Russian camp prior to Abbas Mirza’s arrival there. Abbas Mirza also orders Macdonald Kinneir to read this letter, and then to travel to join him.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 75 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Negotiation
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003e4_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003e4_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/110
IOR/L/PS/9/71/110