Copy of Dispatch No. 81 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargun, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 81 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargun, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 81 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargun, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 81 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargun [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 18 January 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports the breakdown in negotiations for a peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] and the subsequent intention of General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to recommence hostilities in the Province of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan], owing to the latter’s mistrust of the Persian Government’s alleged desire for peace. Macdonald Kinneir reports the plan for the renewed Russian campaign, indicating his belief that in spite of the winter conditions the Russians might be able to occupy Zungan [Zanjan], and also relates a rumour that the Persian Government had attempted to deceive the Russians by sending stones instead of money as reparation payments.The letter originally enclosed documents relating to the peace treaty and the breakdown of negotiations (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/171-182).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 (4 folios)