‘Translation of a letter from HE. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to Lieut Col. Macdonald. Envoy’
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 24 Rejib [24 Rajab AH 1243 or 10 February 1828]. Mirza Abul Hassan Khan discusses the transmission of the money intended for payment to Russia as part of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He also indicates that he has been directed to return to Aderbijan [Azerbaijan] to conclude peace with the Russian General-in-Chief [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], giving details of his planned journey.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in enclosure No. 7, 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)