Abstract: The remarks of the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] on the proposals made by Russia for the agreement of peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99). The Prince Royal proposes that the River Araxes [River Aras] be made the border between Russia and Persia, and opposes the Russian demand for the territorial cession of Talish from Persia to Russia. He also proposes a counter offer to Russian financial demands, suggesting Persia pay five crores of tomans [Persian currency], rather than the Russian demand for the payment of fifteen, with the occupation of Tabreez [Tabriz] or Khoee [Khoy] by Russian troops to serve as security on the payment.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, 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: Dispatch No. 74 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827. The letter concerns the negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], being negotiated between the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], and General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. Macdonald Kinneir details the increased territorial and monetary demands being made by Russia, and his unsuccessful attempts to prevail upon Paskevitch to lessen these demands. He indicates that he believes the Persian Government has no alternative but to accede to the demands, and should seek the evacuation of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russian troops as soon as possible. The letter also gives some details about the strength of the Russian army, and originally contained enclosures concerning the peace negotiations and recent events at Tabreez (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/99-106).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Dispatch No. 75 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deheraghon [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 9 December 1827. The letter concerns the negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir reports the meeting of Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], during which Abbas Meerza accepted a modified version of the peace terms offered by Russia (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99). Macdonald Kinneir also reports that he has sent his second assistant, Captain John Campbell, to Britain via Russia to inform the authorities about the war and the peace negotiations. Macdonald Kinneir also discusses the ongoing military occupation of Persian territory [the province of Azerbaijan], detailing the military situation and speculating about what may happen should the King [Shāh of Persia, Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] refuse to pay the reparations agreed to by Abbas Meerza.Originally enclosed with this letter was an extract from Macdonald Kinneir’s diary about the negotiations (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/108) and copies of the dispatches transmitted to Britain by Campbell (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/109-128).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This item contains two letters written in French:1. A copy of a letter from the Secretary of the British Legation in Persia [Iran], Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell, to Jean Paskevitch, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian troops in the Caucasus [Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], dated 16 October 1827.Campbell states that he has been charged with conducting confidential talks to establish a durable peace between Russia and Persia by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and that he is ready to come to the Russian headquarters. He also forwards a letter from Macdonald Kinneir to Paskevitch.2. A copy of a letter from Paskevitch to Campbell, dated 7 October (Old Style) 1827.Paskevitch states that due to developments in the war with Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] he is unable to receive Campbell in Erivan [Yerevan], and instead invites him to travel to Abbas-Abad [‘Abbasabad].These documents were originally enclosed, numbered 6, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 73 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: Report by Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell of his mission to the Russian camp at the recently captured fortress of Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad], dated 14 October 1827 to 22 October 1827, during which he communicated the desire of the Persian Government to negotiate a peace agreement in the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Campbell details his conferences with General D’Obreskoff [Aleksandr Mikhailovich Obreskov], who has been appointed by the Emperor of Russia as the ‘Chief Diplomatic Agent’ empowered to negotiate peace with Persia, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. At these meetings the following matters were discussed:That the opportunity for the agreement of a more favourable peace for Persia had been lost following the fall of the fortresses Sirdarabad [Sardari Berd, or Sardar’s Fortress] and AbbasabadThe determination of the Emperor of Russia to ‘avenge’ the invasion of Carabaugh [Karabakh] at the outset of the war, and other perceived slights by Persia to RussiaThe terms Russia will be willing to accept for peace, including territorial cessions north and south of the River Arras [Aras] and reparations for the expenses incurred during the warRussia’s willingness to continue to prosecute the war aggressively should Persia not promptly accede to the terms demanded.The journal also details the arrival of the Governor of Tabreez [Tabriz], Fath Ally Khan [Fatḥ ‘Alī Khān Rashtī] at the camp at Abbasabad, and the negative reaction of the Russians to his arrival. Originally enclosed were copies of correspondence between Captain Campbell and General Paskevitch (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/90).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, 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 (8 folios)
Abstract: Letter, in French, from General Ivan Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 6 November 1827. The letter concerns the negotiations between General Paskevitch and Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. General Paskevitch indicates that Abbas Meerza has requested a meeting with Macdonald Kinneir, and offers to assist Macdonald Kinneir in travelling to Deharghon [Azarshahr], where the negotiations are taking place.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9, 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: A letter, numbered 4, from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 30 November 1814. The letter concerns the negotiations between Morier and Ellis and Persian representatives for alterations to the Definitive Treaty agreed by the former HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in 1813. Morier and Ellis explain that they were able to secure the Shah of Persia’s ratification of the modified treaty in return for Ellis personally delivering a communication from the Shah to the Prince Regent of Great Britain concerning a bond pledged by Ouseley regarding the subsidy paid by Britain to Persia. The letter also gives details of the negotiations and the addition of two articles to the original treaty.The letter encloses a copy of the Definitive Treaty (not included in this item), and copies of the official notes passed between the English and Persian representatives (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).The letter 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), which was delivered by Ellis on 13 March 1815.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Letter from John Campbell, in Marand, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 28 October 1827. In the letter, Campbell details his meetings with General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] during the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He reports Paskevitch’s intention of travelling to Tabreez [Tabriz] to make arrangements for future hostile operations in the event of the breakdown of proposed peace talks between Russia and Persia, and of subsequently nominating a place at which to meet the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to begin negotiations for peace. Campbell also indicates that Paskevitch requested that Macdonald Kinneir not be present at the negotiations, as his presence ‘might have the semblance of mediation’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 13, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 73 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 (3 folios)
Abstract: Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Control, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, at Whitehall, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 2 May 1815. The letter indicates the Board of Control’s permission for the Secret Committee to communicate to the Court of Directors of the East India Company letters and enclosures from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, of 30 November 1814 (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/60/158), which include details of the negotiations for the cessation of the subsidy paid by the Company to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 11 February 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 10 April 1827. Macdonald Kinneir reports the withdrawal of the corps led by General Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov] from Persian territory following an unsuccessful campaign (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/178). He details his views on what would have been Madatoff’s chances of success in attacking Ardebil [Ardabil], which was undefended, and Tabreez, and details the changing of allegiance of Atta Khan, who had allied himself to General Madatoff.. He also reports the departure of the mission of Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Shirazi] to undertake peace negotiations with Russia, accompanied by Honorary Consul Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov] (papers concerning which were originally enclosed and now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/180-187), and the peace proposals made by the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Mazarowitch [Semyon Mazarovich], to the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Yerevan]. Macdonald Kinneir also details the military preparations made by the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], and the alleged parsimony of the Shah of Persia and the deleterious effects of this upon Abbas Meerza’s war effort. Macdonald Kinneir’s account includes an anecdote of the Shah having confiscated cases of glass and crystal belonging to the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 18 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], containing a series of numbered enclosures. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. This is followed by despatches, numbered 3-8, from Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to Willoughby, with relevant enclosures.The papers chiefly relate to Hennell’s efforts to check the perceived extension of Egyptian influence on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, particularly in the province of Oman, and to bring about the expulsion from Shargah [Sharjah] of Sued bin Mooktluk [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq al-Muṭayrī], the self-professed agent of Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pasha], Commander of the Egyptian Forces in Nedgd [Najd, also known as Nejd].The majority of the item comprises Hennell’s report of his tour of the Arabian coast, in the
Hugh Lindsay, providing details of his meetings with: Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein; [Bahrain] Shaik Kuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān] Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Chief of the Beniyas [Bani Yas]; Shaik Mukhtoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī bin Suhayl Āl Maktūm] of Debaye [Dubai]; Abdoollah bin Rushid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavin [Umm al-Qaywayn]; and Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Chief of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, also spelled Rusil and Rasil Khymah in this item], Chief of the Joasmees [al-Qawāsim]. He also reports his communications with the chiefs of the Naeem [al-Na‘īm] tribe regarding their opposition to Sued bin Mootluk’s plans to capture the fort of Brymee [Al Buraymi].Hennell’s disussions with the Arab Maritime Chiefs cover: the reasons behind the Chief of Bahrein’s agreement recognising the superiority of Mahomed Ally [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā] Governor of Egypt; the extent of the communications of the chiefs with Sued bin Mootluk; on-going conflicts between the chiefs and their mutual accusations of collusion with bin Mootluk; Hennell’s extraction from the chiefs of declarations of loyalty to the British Government and opposition to the ‘aggressions’ of Khorshid Pasha and Mahomed Ally (copies enclosed with the report); the supply of ammunition and provisions to the chiefs of Brymee and promise to post a British Agent there; pressure on Sultan bin Suggur to effect the expulsion of Sued bin Mootluk from Shargah [Sharjah]. Hennell concludes his report by suggesting formal remonstrances be made by British Government representatives in Cairo, and that blockades and destruction of towns and vessels should be the threatened consequence of any maritime chief assisting Sued bin Mootluk.Also included in the item is: Hennell’s protest to Khorshid Pasha regarding Sued bin Mootluk’s claims to have taken over the government of Oman, against the apparent policy of Mahomed Ally; Hennell's request to Bombay for musket powder and lead; Hennell's report of his arrival in Muscat and discussions with the son and nephew of the Imam of Muscat in which he encourages Muscat to assist the Naeem against any attack by Sued bin Mootluk on Brymee; news of the removal of Mirza Assad as Govenor of Bushire [Bushehr] and his replacement by the authorities at Shiraz with Mirza Mahomed Houssein [Muḥammad Ḥusayn], the son-in-law of the Wuzier [Vizier] [of Shiraz?], Mirza Ahmed Khan [Mirza Aḥmad Khan].Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1841, dated 19 June 1841. The enclosures are dated 5 May to 16 June 1841, and relate to affairs at Aden and the surrounding area, and at Mocha.The enclosures consist of correspondence, and resolutions of the Government of Bombay in the Secret Department. The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; and the Secretary to the Government of India, Thomas Herbert Maddock.The enclosures concern matters including:The state of affairs at Aden and the surrounding area, including the actions of Sultan M’Houssain Fudthill of Lahidge (also spelled Lahedge) [Muhsin ibn al-Fadl al-'Abdali, Sultan of Lahej]The views of the Political Agent at Aden on the inexpediency of reducing any portion of the European troops at Aden, and the relief of the wing of HM 6th Regiment doing duty at AdenThe Political Agent at Aden hiring a house as the post and police office at Aden, and the appointment of a Cazee [kazi, civil judge]The claim of Abdool Russool [Abdul Rasool], the former British Native Agent at Mocha, for indemnification on account of his property stolen by the Sheriff of Mocha, and the policy to be followed in British negotiations with the Imaum of Senna [Imam of Sanaa].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-18, on folios 107-110. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.