‘Letter from the Koim Makam to the British Envoy’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Letter from the Koim Makam to the British Envoy’
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Letter from the Koim Makam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 11 January 1828. The letter concerns the payment of reparations to Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The Koim Makam indicates that the King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] has acceded to the payment of five crores of tomans, and goes on to discuss arrangements for the payment of the remaining sum, which the King expects Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to pay himself.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 10 in dispatch No. 81, 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:
- Peace treaties
Reparations
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00042a_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00042a_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/180
IOR/L/PS/9/71/180