Letter from General Ivan Paskevitch to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
Date:
1827/1827
Description:
Abstract: Letter, in French, from General Ivan Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 6 November 1827. The letter concerns the negotiations between General Paskevitch and Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. General Paskevitch indicates that Abbas Meerza has requested a meeting with Macdonald Kinneir, and offers to assist Macdonald Kinneir in travelling to Deharghon [Azarshahr], where the negotiations are taking place.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9, 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)