Copy of a letter from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Copy of a letter from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Dispatch No. 29 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 27 December 1828.The letter covers:The plans of the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to travel to St Petersburgh [Saint Petersburg]The arrival in Persia of an agent of the Grand Signior [Sultan of the Ottoman Empire], asking for assistance and alleging that Russia, France, and Britain intend to partition the Turkish [Ottoman] EmpireMacdonald Kinneir’s efforts to dissuade the Persian Government from launching military action to acquire territory from TurkeyThe difficulties presented by Macdonald Kinneir’s lack of accreditation to the British Government.The letter also forwards various correspondence (not enclosed).Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Bilateral relations
Crown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty - Geographic region:
- Ottoman Empire
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0004a7_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0004a7_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/305
IOR/L/PS/9/71/305