Copy of Dispatch No. 82 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabriz, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 82 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabriz, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 82 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabriz, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 82 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabriz, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 21 January 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports his communications with Prince Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] concerning a proposal made by the former for the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the current Anglo-Persian treaty [Definitive Treaty of 1814], which provide for a subsidy from Britain to Persia in times of war, in return for a compensation payment (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/155). He details the discussion and indicates his belief that a sum of at least 350,000 tomauns [tomans] will be required for Abbas Mirza to agree to the proposal.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 (2 folios)