‘Copy of a note from the Envoy to H. Excy. Meerza Abul Hassan Khan’
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a note from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] of 12 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir acknowledges the receipt of Meerza Abul Hassan Khan’s letters, and reports that Turkomanshahee [Turkamanchay] has been decided as the place for the renewal of the negotiations to sign the peace treaty ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6 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 (1 folio)