‘Translation of a letter from H.M. the Shah to the British Envoy at the Court of Persia’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from H.M. the Shah to the British Envoy at the Court of Persia’
- Date:
- 1827/1827
- Description:
- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Jamadi Esenni [Jumādá al-Thānīyah AH 1243] or December [1827]. The letter concerns the payment of reparations by Persia to Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The Shah reports that he has entrusted three crores of Tomauns [tomans] to Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Dr John McNeill, to be conveyed to the former, and that he has entrusted the ‘remaining’ money to one of his agents for delivery to Cazween [Qazvin]. He also discusses the instructions he has given to Meerza Abool Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] regarding the conclusion of the peace agreement and indicates that the Russian agent responsible for overseeing the payments, Captain Volxcoffski [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], has left Tehraun [Tehran].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 4, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).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:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000444_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000444_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/206
IOR/L/PS/9/71/206