‘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 negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza signifies that, upon Macdonald Kinneir’s assurances, he is willing to attend negotiations for peace between himself and General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. He indicates that his apprehensions about attending the meeting had been owing to the approach of a body of Russian troops towards Khoey [Khoy], and that although it transpired that they were intended as an escort for him, their advance ‘could not be considered in any favourable light’. He also requests to know whether Macdonald Kinneir himself intends to be present at the negotiations.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7, 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 (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Negotiation
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003e8_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0003e8_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/114
IOR/L/PS/9/71/114