Copy of Dispatch No. 79 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 79 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 79 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 79 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 10 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/156 (1)). The letter also contains a list (IOR/L/PS/9/71/156 (2)) of the correspondence between Macdonald Kinneir and members of the Persian Government, which were originally enclosed (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/157-169). This letter reports the delay to the conclusion of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] due to the unwillingness of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to pay the reparations demanded by Russia. Macdonald Kinneir speculates as to how the ongoing negotiations may conclude, commenting on the ‘indecision’ of the leader of the Russian forces, General Paskevitsch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], and the Shah’s possible intentions, with reference to reports of a build-up of Persian troops in southern Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)