Abstract: The terms to be offered by Captain John Nicholl Robert Campbell to General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] during his visit to the latter’s camp to propose the opening of peace negotiations in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/87). The terms stipulate that:No cession of territory will be made by Persia to Russia but that compensation will be paid in reparation for the expenses incurred by Russia during the warAn armistice be agreed to allow for an envoy to be sent to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], and for both sides to continue to hold the territory they currently occupyShould neither of the above proposals be agreed to, the River Araxes [Aras] should serve as the boundary between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, 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: Proclamation issued by the Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], who is negotiating the peace treaty to end the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], concerning the breaking off of the negotiations at Dokhergan [Azarshahr] by Russia. The proclamation details the agreements made by the Koim Makam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] and subsequently Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] for the cession of territory and payment of reparations by Persia to Russia. General Paskevitch indicates that since these agreements were made the Persian Government has failed to make the necessary payments within the stipulated timeframe and has given the false impression of its intention to make the payments, and that therefore Russia has recommenced hostilities until the payment of five crores of tomans and the fulfilment of the engagements agreed by Abbas Mirza.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in dispatch No. 81, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinnier, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, commanding the Gulf Squadron. It is the twenty-seventh in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:A report by Hawkins on his negotiations at Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and tour of the GulfThe collapse of the alliance between Shaik Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of the Joasmees [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], Chief of the Banyas [Banī Yās] tribeThe negotiation of peace between Shaik Sultan and Debaye [Dubai]The failure of peace negotiations between Shaik Saeed and Debaye.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 69’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 782, and terminates at f 792 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Hiskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fourth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The peace agreement between the Saaed bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], on behalf of Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]Incidents of plunder of Wahabee [Wahhābi] messengers carrying tribute from the Imaum of Muscat to Ameer Fysul.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 2 of No 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 595, and terminates at f 609, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the fifth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns descriptions of skirmishes between Wahabee [Wahhābi] confederacy [allies of the Second Saudi State], led by Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]. It also details the eventual peace agreement between the two sides, brokered by Sharreef Ally [Sharif ‘Alī], envoy from the Sharreef of Mecca, Ben Aoon [Sharif of Mecca, Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn bin ‘Awn], under the terms of which bin Tahnoon agreed to withdraw from Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Coll[ectio]n No 4 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 155, and terminates at f 169 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twenty-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 19 July 1847. Hennell reports that peace has been concluded between Ameer Fysul, the Wahabee Chief [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, leader of the Wahhābī], and Ben Aoon, the Shureef of Mecca [Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn bin ‘Awn, Sharīf of Mecca]. He includes brief details of the terms of the peace and comments that the favourable terms for Ben Aoon suggest that earlier reports of the success of Ameer Fysul’s attack on Ben Aoon’s forces must have been exaggerated.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 23.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 378, and terminates at f 380, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-9 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 22 September 1851-2 February 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a peace treaty between Sayud Sayud [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Imam of Muscat and Oman, and his cousin Saied Kais bin Azam [Qays bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar. By the terms of the treaty the Imam retained control of Khabura [Al Khaburah] and Soham [Saham], but returned Schinass [Shinas] to the Chief. The item also covers the journey from Aden to Muscat of two of the Imam’s grandsons.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the British Consul, Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Asuf ul Dowleh, Alyar Khan [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah, the Grand Vizier of the Shāh of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Asuf ul Dowleh reports the determination of the Persian Government to negotiate a peace agreement in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has requested Macdonald Kinneir’s assistance. He requests that Macdonald Kinneir contact General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] to propose negotiations, and indicates his belief that the British Government will be able to mediate between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, 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: Translation of a letter from the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā’im-Maqām] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The Kaim Mukam indicates that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has ordered Prince Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to return to Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] to conclude the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] with the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], and encloses a firman [a letter or order] from the Shah to the same effect for Macdonald Kinneir to forward on to Abbas Mirza (not included in this item). The Kaim Mukam also reports the dispatch of reparations payments to Russia, and indicates that Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs] has ‘great objection’ to meeting with General Paskevitch, and that orders have been sent for him to leave Zunjan [Zanjan].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 11, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).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 Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah]. The letter is a duplicate of another letter sent to Meerza Abul Kassim, the Kaim Makam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā’im-Maqām]. Macdonald Kinneir acknowledges the receipt of Manoocher Khan’s letter reporting the movement of instalments of the reparations to be paid to Russia as part of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He reports that the Russian General-in-Chief [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] has indicated that he will not take less than six and a half crores of tomans in payment, and urges the swift transport of the remaining money from Zinjan [Zanjan]. He also reports that Turkomanshahee [Turkamanchay] has been nominated as the location for the signature of the peace treaty.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in enclosure No. 12, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).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 Sardar of Erivan, Hassan Khan Sardar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the information regarding the arrival of reparations payments from Persia to Russia at Mianna [Mianeh] given in Hassan Khan Sardar’s previous letter (IOR/L/PS/9/71/246) has proved incorrect, leaving General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] ‘much displeased’. He indicates that once the first instalment of the money has reached Mianna, the Russian troops there will evacuate that place, and that a location will be fixed for the conclusion of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] with the Prince Royal [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 13, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Jamadi Esenni [Jumādá al-Thānīyah AH 1243] or December [1827]. The letter concerns the payment of reparations by Persia to Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The Shah reports that he has entrusted three crores of Tomauns [tomans] to Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Dr John McNeill, to be conveyed to the former, and that he has entrusted the ‘remaining’ money to one of his agents for delivery to Cazween [Qazvin]. He also discusses the instructions he has given to Meerza Abool Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] regarding the conclusion of the peace agreement and indicates that the Russian agent responsible for overseeing the payments, Captain Volxcoffski [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], has left Tehraun [Tehran].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 4, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 16 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/201).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)