Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheroun, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheroun, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheroun [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 16 January 1828. McNeill discusses the payment of reparations demanded by Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He reports the acquiescence of the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to pay five crores of tomans, and details arrangements for the payment of the money, including the plan to pay in instalments owing to concerns that the money might be plundered by Persian soldiers stationed at Meanna [Mianeh]. McNeill indicates his belief that the Shah will not pay more than the five crores agreed, and argues against any further attempt to convince him to do so. He also reports rumours, including of the purported outbreak of war between Russia and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], which he believes might impede the successful payment of the money, and his decision to leave M Valkhofsky [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], who has been deputed by the Russians to ensure the payment of the money, in Teheroun to provide General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] with reliable information.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 83, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 February 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/184).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Reparations
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000430_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000430_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/186
IOR/L/PS/9/71/186