‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.R.H. Abbas Mirza to H.E. General Paskewitch’
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. This letter is a duplicate of a letter catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/96. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza indicates that he is willing to accept General Paskewitch’s proposal for the conclusion of an immediate peace between Russia and Persia, and proposes that he and Paskewitch meet to agree peace terms.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, in dispatch No. 75 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 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)