Copy of Dispatch No. 84 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 84 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Copy of Dispatch No. 84 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 84 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 14 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports the suspension of the plans of General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to recommence hostilities in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and the imminent signature of the peace treaty at Turkoman Shahee [Turkamanchay]. He comments on the terms of the treaty, indicating that he believes the Russian pecuniary demands too harsh and the territorial settlement likely to lead to further border disputes. Macdonald Kinneir also reports the de-escalation of the military situation, including plans for the retirement of Persian troops from Tehroun [Tehran] and Zinjan [Zanjan] and the return of the occupied fortress of Ardebil [Ardabil] to Persia.Macdonald Kinneir also reports the ‘hostile aspect’ of the situation on the frontier between Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] and Russia near Kars and Akiska [Akhaltsikhe] and the build-up of troops.This document was originally enclosed 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 (2 folios)