Receipt from Prince Kondocheff for Three Crores of Tomans
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Receipt from Prince Kondocheff for three crores of tomans to be paid by Persia [Iran] to Russia as reparations, as stipulated in the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], dated 14 January 1828 [Old Style] and 26 January 1828 [New Style] at Kasvine [Qasvin]. Prince Kondocheff indicates that the money will be taken from Meana [Mianeh] to the house of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at Tabriz where it can be stored until it is handed over to the Russian Government.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in enclosure No. 10, 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)