Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 79 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 10 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/156 (1)). The letter also contains a list (IOR/L/PS/9/71/156 (2)) of the correspondence between Macdonald Kinneir and members of the Persian Government, which were originally enclosed (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/157-169). This letter reports the delay to the conclusion of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] due to the unwillingness of the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to pay the reparations demanded by Russia. Macdonald Kinneir speculates as to how the ongoing negotiations may conclude, commenting on the ‘indecision’ of the leader of the Russian forces, General Paskevitsch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], and the Shah’s possible intentions, with reference to reports of a build-up of Persian troops in southern Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Copy of an official statement made by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 18 November 1814. The statement clarifies the meaning and implications of an expression, ‘right was on their side’, which Morier and Ellis used during the negotiations and which they believe the Persian plenipotentiaries have misunderstood.The statement 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: Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] written during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 22 November 1814. The statement concerns the decision to allow two officers from the British military mission training Persian troops, which is to be withdrawn, to remain in Persia. The statement also refers to the sensitivity of the Persian claims that British officers were engaged against the Russians during the battle at Aslandooz [Aslanduz] (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/162).The statement 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: Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 16 November 1814. The statement denies the validity of the agreement between the former HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, and the Persian Government for the continuance of the subsidy paid by the East India Company to Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/157). The statement also reports the imminent withdrawal of the British military mission in Persia.The statement 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: Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] written during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 27 November 1814. The statement proposes that all commercial transactions between Britain and Persia be regulated according to the Commercial Treaty concluded by Major John Malcolm in 1800. The statement 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: Copy of a letter, numbered 1, from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, in Kanaker [now part of Yerevan], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 21 August 1814. The letter encloses a translation of the written agreement between HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, and the Persian Government concerning the terms for the cessation of the subsidy paid by the East India Company to Persia (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/157). Ellis and Morier highlight the difficulties that this agreement poses towards their negotiations with Persia for a revision of the Definitive Treaty agreed by Ouseley in 1813. 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 (2 folios)