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 18 January 1828. McNeill reports his departure from Teheroun and the dispatch of the remainder of the five crores of tomans that is being paid by the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] in reparations as part of the peace agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/186). He also indicates that the Kaim Makum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] will remain in Teheroun to acquire another crore of tomans which is required to pay the reparations.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 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 (1 folio)