Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza signifies that, upon Macdonald Kinneir’s assurances, he is willing to attend negotiations for peace between himself and General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. He indicates that his apprehensions about attending the meeting had been owing to the approach of a body of Russian troops towards Khoey [Khoy], and that although it transpired that they were intended as an escort for him, their advance ‘could not be considered in any favourable light’. He also requests to know whether Macdonald Kinneir himself intends to be present at the negotiations.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 75 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Mirza requests that Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Captain John Campbell, may accompany a messenger who is charged with delivering a letter from Abbas Mirza to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], so that they may be able to report the nature of their reception at the Russian camp prior to Abbas Mirza’s arrival there. Abbas Mirza also orders Macdonald Kinneir to read this letter, and then to travel to join him.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 75 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. This letter is a duplicate of a letter catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/96. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza indicates that he is willing to accept General Paskewitch’s proposal for the conclusion of an immediate peace between Russia and Persia, and proposes that he and Paskewitch meet to agree peace terms.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, in dispatch No. 75 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Abbas Mirza indicates that he is willing to accept General Paskewitch’s proposal for the conclusion of an immediate peace between Russia and Persia, and proposes that he and Paskewitch meet to agree peace terms.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 12, in dispatch No. 73 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 1 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/84).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal of Persia [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. In the letter the Prince Royal discusses the ongoing frontier negotiations between Russia and Persia [Iran], indicating which proposals made by Yermoloff he is willing to accept, and making reference to further unspecified terms that he has communicated to the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Semyon Mazarovich].This translation was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the ruckum Abbas Meerza acknowledges the receipt of the Russian peace proposals given to his Vizier, the Kaim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99), and indicates that he is en route to the agreed meeting place for negotiations with Paskevitch, at Dekharghon [Azarshahr]. He also states that he is willing to agree to Russian demands for the cession of the provinces of Erivan [Yerevan] and Nukshirvan [Nakhchivan], and the payment of fifteen crores of tomans [Persian currency] in reparations, in return for the evacuation of the rest of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russian troops. He also requests that the period of payment for reparations be arranged so as to be ‘consistent with the resources’ of Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6, in dispatch No. 74 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and originally forwarded a copy of a ruckum from Abbas Meerza to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/104). Referring to this ruckum, Abbas Meerza requests that Macdonald Kinneir exert his influence on the points of securities for, and the period of payment of, financial reparations from Persia to Russia. He also entreats Macdonald Kinneir to arrange for the articles of peace between Russia and Persia to be concluded ‘in a satisfactory manner’, and indicates his willingness to conclude peace quickly.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 74 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir indicates his satisfaction that the Prince Royal has consented to the proposals for peace made by Russia (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99 and 103). He also entreats the Prince Royal to ensure that he is present at the agreed meeting place with the Commander-in-Chief of Russian forces [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] at Shebister [Shabestar].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 8, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 74 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], attended by Abbas Meera’s Vizier, the Kaim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. Abbas Meerza discusses the monetary and territorial demands made by Russia (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99), proposing and authorising the Kaim Mukam to make a lower counter offer to the Russian financial demands. He also questions Russian intentions, indicating that he believes their demands are too high and therefore suggest that they are not seeking peace.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 74 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a note by the following Persian plenipotentiaries: Mirza Shefi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; Mirza Buzurk [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia; and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], the Royal Secretary; written during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty between Britain and Persia, of 21 November 1814. The note argues that should the British military mission engaged in training Persian troops be withdrawn from Persia, the discipline of the Persian army would suffer. The note also discusses the actions of British troops during the battle at Uslanduz [Aslanduz], during which the Persians claim the British troops fought against the Russians.The note was enclosed in Morier and Ellis’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a journal kept by the Persian envoy Meerza Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī] during his missions to the Russian army’s headquarters at Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad] and Karababa [Qarababa] during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Meerza Saleh details his visits to:The Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], during which was discussed the terms that the Russians would be willing to accept for peaceThe Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], accompanied by Paskevitch’s private secretary, Grebiodoff [Alexander Sergeyevich Gribodoyev], where preliminary proposals for an armistice and peace are discussed and drawn upThe Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] at Marand, during which, in Meerza Saleh's discussions with the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince] and Meerza Abdoul Wahab [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], it becomes clear that the Prince Royal and Kaim Mukam are attempting to deceive the Shah about the strength of the Russian Army.The account also covers: the Prince Royal’s idea to bribe Paskevitch; the Shah’s orders for the Prince Royal to attack the Russian forces in Erivan [Yerevan]; and a transcript (in Persian and English) of a short satirical poem written by the Kaim Mukam (f 11).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/33).Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of secret and political correspondence from the Government of Bombay on the subject of Samuel Manesty's criticism of Nathan Crow, consecutive British Residents at Bussora [Basra]. The letters from Bombay express the opinion that Crow's reply to Manesty's accusations clear him of the charges. They enclose a letter from Manesty, dated 22 October 1796, where he sets out his accusations against Crow. These include:• Crow’s misrepresentation of the state of the Factory when he took over the Residency• His actions against British interests• Lies about Manesty’s quarrels with the Ottoman government• Crow’s reliance on the Jewish population of Basra• Bribery of the Mutasallim [the Ottoman Governor of Basra]• The character of Crow's attendant Mehedy Ali Khaun [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān]• The terms of the reestablishment of the British Factory.There is also a copy of a letter from Crow replying to these accusations, which includes copies of letters from the Pasha to the Mutasallim, from the Kia [an Ottoman official] to the Mutasallim, from the Mutasallim to Crow, and a set of queries and answers from Crow to Augustus Le Messurier, a junior official.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 6, Season 1808/1809, Draft 178, Para. 18'; and 'Examiner's Office, July 1808'.Physical description: The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.