‘Memorandum of the Siege of Erivan by the Russian troops from the 5th to the 13th of October 1827’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Memorandum of the Siege of Erivan by the Russian troops from the 5th to the 13th of October 1827’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Memorandum of the siege of Erivan [Yerevan] by Russian troops under the command of General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] from 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827, by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith of the Madras Engineers, in Tabreez [Tabriz], dated 17 December 1827. This document was supplied to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, by Monteith, with information procured by him from Russian officers (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/145). The memorandum gives an account of the siege and capture of Erivan, and includes details of the composition of General Peskowitch’s forces and the casualties suffered by the Persians. Monteith also reflects on the impact of the siege on the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], arguing that the fall of Erivan allowed Russian troops to seize Tabreez and Khoey [Khoy] and provided Russia with captured provisions with which to continue their offensive against Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 28 to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/145).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Siege warfare
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Geographic region:
- Erivan
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000409_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000409_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/147
IOR/L/PS/9/71/147