‘Translation of a Letter from the British Envoy to H Excellency Mirza Abul Hassan Khan’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a Letter from the British Envoy to H Excellency Mirza Abul Hassan Khan’
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] of 7 January 1828. Macdonald Kinneir exhorts Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to ensure that the money intended for payment to Russia as part of the agreement of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] be delivered to Russian guards at Meeana [Mianeh], and for the money not to be delayed at Zunjan [Zanjan]. He discusses the arrangements for the payment and indicates that he has sent a relation of his, Lieutenant Macdonald, to escort the money in order to reassure the Persian Government that no danger will be posed to it by the Russian soldiers.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 13 in dispatch No. 79, 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 (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Reparations
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00041f_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00041f_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/169
IOR/L/PS/9/71/169