Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan [Azarshahr], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 18 January 1828. The letter is a duplicate of that catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/171. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian plenipotentiaries responsible for negotiating a peace treaty to end the war with Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] have broken off negotiations and recommenced hostilities, as they no longer trust the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] or his ministers. He directs McNeill to send the three crores of tomans deposited at Casbin [Qazvin] to Zunjan [Zanjan], where he himself will receive them, indicating that the arrival of Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] at the negotiations without the money had served to inflame Russian suspicions.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in dispatch No. 81, 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 (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckhargan [Azarshahr], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 18 January 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian plenipotentiaries responsible for negotiating a peace treaty to end the war with Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] have broken off negotiations and recommenced hostilities, as they no longer trust the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] or his ministers. He directs McNeill to send the three crores of tomans deposited at Casvin [Qazvin] to Zunjan [Zanjan], where he himself will receive them, indicating that the arrival of Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] at the negotiations without the money had served to inflame Russian suspicions.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 81, 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 (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan [Azarshahr], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 10 January 1828. This letter is in reply to a letter from McNeill (not included in this item) concerning the agreement of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], which indicates that the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] has proposed that the province of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] should be evacuated by Russian troops before the payment of the first instalment of reparations to Russia. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that this proposition is unacceptable to Russia, as it is in contravention of the agreement already negotiated by the Prince [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], and has alarmed the Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. Macdonald Kinneir also recommends that the money intended for payment should not be allowed to be transported past the boundaries of Irack [Arak] unless the Shah intends to pay Russia under the terms already agreed.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in 79, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deckargan [Azarshahr], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 8 January 1828. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir expresses his approbation for McNeill’s efforts in convincing the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shāh Qājār] to pay the first instalment of the reparations demanded by Russia for the conclusion of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates the appreciation of Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] for his efforts. Macdonald Kinneir also refers to the strength of the Russian forces in Persia, and discusses arrangements for the payment of the first instalment of reparations and for the signing of the peace treaty.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in 79, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)