‘Copy of a note from the British Envoy to H. E. Meerza Abul Hussan Khan Minister for Foreign Affairs’
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a note from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Turkemanshee [Turkamanchay], to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī], of 26 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports that he is ready to advance the sum of 200,000 tomans for the purpose of paying reparations owed to Russia as part of the peace treaty ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], in return for the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty existing between Britain and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 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)