‘Translation of a letter from Manutcher Khan to the British Envoy’
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Manutcher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the delivery of five crores of tomans, in instalments of gold and silver, to Russia as part of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Manutcher Khan reports the various arrangements for the delivery of the money, giving details and requesting Macdonald Kinneir to send one of his assistants to help in the delivery of the money.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 12, 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)