Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 41 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 16 March 1827. The letter originally enclosed copies of a letter from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mirza Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī], and a Royal Firmaun [firman] addressed to the Government of Fars, concerning the conduct of the Vizier of the Prince-Governor of Fars, Mohomed Zekee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khan] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/202-203; see IOR/L/PS/9/70/176). Macdonald Kinneir also reports that a confidential officer has been dispatched to Shiraz to deliver the Firmaun to the Prince-Governor, Hoossein Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā].This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Copy of a private letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheran [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 9 January 1828. The letter details the arrival of Hassan Allee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] at Teheran and reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has put him in charge of his armed forces and his treasury, and is publicly discussing nominating him as Governor of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] and heir to the throne of Persia, in the place of the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. McNeill goes on to discuss his efforts to ensure the payment of the reparations demanded by Russia to secure a peace treaty in the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], including his attempts to borrow the money necessary, indicating his frustration at the ‘endless discussions’ and ‘continual delays’ of the Shah’s government in effecting the payment.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 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 (3 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from Dr John McNeill, in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 9 January 1828. McNeill reports the arrival of Hassan Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] at Tehran, detailing the enthusiastic response among the public and the royal family. He also details the opposition of Hassan Ali Mirza and the religious establishment in Tehran to the payment of reparations to Russia, which is one of the stipulations in the peace treaty being negotiated for an end to the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. McNeill also details his representations to the Shāh of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] in support of paying the money, and indicates that he has been directed to travel to Casveen [Qazvin] to ensure that the money is paid.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 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 (4 folios)