Copy of a Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan, to his assistant, Dr John McNeill
Copy of a Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan, to his assistant, Dr John McNeill
Copy of a Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan, to his assistant, Dr John McNeill
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan [Azarshahr], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 8 January 1828. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir expresses his approbation for McNeill’s efforts in convincing the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shāh Qājār] to pay the first instalment of the reparations demanded by Russia for the conclusion of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates the appreciation of Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] for his efforts. Macdonald Kinneir also refers to the strength of the Russian forces in Persia, and discusses arrangements for the payment of the first instalment of reparations and for the signing of the peace treaty.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in 79, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)