Enclosure No. 121 to Letter of 14 December 1828

Title:

Enclosure No. 121 to Letter of 14 December 1828

Date:

1828/1828

Description:

Abstract: Dispatch No. 121 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 26 Nov 1828.Macdonald Kinneir discusses his conduct during the negotiations prior to the signing of the Treaty of Turkoman Chahee [Turkamanchay] and in relation to the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty, which concern British subsidies and military aid to Persia.. The letter also reports: the withdrawal of Russian troops from Khoee [Khoy] in exchange for a large payment from Persia and an offer from General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to gift the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] 100,000 tomans on the receipt of this payment; developments in the war between Russia and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] [Russo-Turkish War, 1828-29]; and the movements of the Shah.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 38 to the the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 December 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/301 and 303).Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/302.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Letter

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829)
Diplomacy
Treaties
Bilateral relations
Governor-General of Georgia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0004a6_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0004a6_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/304
IOR/L/PS/9/71/304

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