Abstract: Letter from the Koim Makam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 11 January 1828. The letter concerns the payment of reparations to Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The Koim Makam indicates that the King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] has acceded to the payment of five crores of tomans, and goes on to discuss arrangements for the payment of the remaining sum, which the King expects Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to pay himself.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 10 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: Drafts (in both English and Persian) of the peace conditions offered by the Russian plenipotentiary General Obreskoff [Aleksandr Mikhailovich Obreskov] to the Kaim Mukam [Mirza Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], at the peace conference held at Kara-Melek on 3 November 1827, with regard to the conclusion of the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The terms include demands for the territorial cession from Persia to Russia of the khanates of Erivan [Yerevan], Nukshirvan [Nakhchivan] and Talish, and for reparations of fifteen crores of tomans [Persian currency], in return for the evacuation of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russian troops. The conditions also give instructions for the payment of the reparations in instalments and for the signature of the conditions by Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār].These documents were originally enclosed, numbered 1, 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 (3 folios)
Abstract: Extract from the private journal of the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated 15 October 1827 to 14 December 1827. The journal details negotiations for peace in the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Macdonald Kinneir details the events preceding and during the meeting of Prince Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] and General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], at Deharaghon [Azarshahr], for the negotiation of peace between Russia and Persia. He reports his travels, including to Tabreez [Tabriz], which is occupied by the Russians during the period covered by the journal, and the arrangements for the meeting at Deharaghon. Included are details of the Russian occupation of Tabreez, and Macdonald Kinneir’s efforts to ensure Abbas Meerza’s presence at Deharaghon. The journal then discusses the negotiations at Deharaghon regarding the cession of Talish to Russia and the payment of financial reparations demanded by Russia, including a transcript (in French) of proposals drawn up for the terms for the Persian payment of reparations (ff 21-22). Macdonald Kinneir also details the mistrust existing between Abbas Meerza and General Paskevitch, and the build-up of troops by both sides, including a transcript (in French) of a proposed armistice agreement (ff 26-28).The journal records Macdonald Kinneir’s meetings and communications with officials on both sides during the period, including:Prince Abbas MeerzaGeneral PaskevitchThe Prime Minister of the Shah of Persia, the Asuf-oo-Dowleh [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū Āṣaf al-Dawlah]The Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince]M Amburger [Andrei Karlovich Amburger]General Paskevitch’s private secretary, M Grebiadoff [Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, 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 (34 folios)
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: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], has learned from his agent, M Valcofski [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], of the arrival of Prince Hassan Alli Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] at Tehraun [Tehran] and the alleged determination of the Persian Government not to pay the reparations stipulated in the agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/173-174). Macdonald Kinneir indicates that on this basis General Paskevitch has resolved to recommence hostilities, and gives details of the planned campaign. Macdonald Kinneir also indicates however that should the Persian Government be willing to pay seven crores of tomans he will be willing to be answerable for the evacuation of the Province of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] by Russia, and of Khoee [Khoy] upon the receipt of a further crore.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 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)
Abstract: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] has indicated his preference for the meeting place for the signature of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to be at a village in the vicinity of Meana [Mianeh], as opposed to Macdonald Kinneir’s preference for Maragha [Maragheh]. Macdonald Kinneir also indicates that he hopes that the Province [of Azerbaijan] might be evacuated by Russia at the cost of six and a half crores of tomans in reparations from Persia, owing to Abbas Meerza’s good faith.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in enclosure No. 5, 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: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that he has received a report that the servants of the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] are not allowing the money owed in reparations to Russia as part of the peace treaty to end the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to proceed beyond Miana [Mianeh], and requests Abbas Mirza to direct the King’s men to take the money to Tabriz without delay.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in enclosure No. 5, 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: Transcript of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah]. Macdonald Kinneir exhorts Mirza Abdul Wahab to dispatch the sixth crore of tomans required to pay reparations to Russia as stipulated in the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] as soon as possible.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 in enclosure No. 6, 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: Copy of a letter from the Russian Commander-in-Chief ‘between the Caspian and Black Sea’, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], to Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs], dated 11 Rejib [Rajab] 1243 [28 January 1828]. General Paskevitch indicates that it was the fault of the Persian Government that the peace negotiations to end the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] at Dekerghan [Azarshahr] had broken down, due to the fact that the Persian Government wished for Persian territory occupied by Russia [the Province of Azerbaijan] to be evacuated before the payment of reparations to Russia. General Paskevitch indicates that once the reparations money has reached the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, ‘the terms of the treaty will be fulfilled’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in enclosure No. 8, 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: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to Manucheher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], of 8 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that negotiations for the finalisation of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] will not be renewed until General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] has received intelligence that the first instalment of the reparations payments from Persia have reached Miana [Mianeh]. He also states that he has repeatedly stressed the importance of paying the money quickly, and reports that General Paskevitch will evacuate Miana once he is assured of the sincerity of the Shah of Persia's [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] desire for peace.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 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: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskewitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], has indicated his preference for the meeting place for the signature of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] to be near Mianneh [Mianeh], rather than Macdonald Kinneir’s suggestion of Mauragha [Maragheh], and that the General will decide on the place in the next few days and inform Abbas Mirza. He also indicates that General Paskewitch will not take any less than six and a half crores of tomans in reparations from Persia, but that on account of Abbas Mirza’s good faith, ‘he hopes the remaining affairs will soon be arranged’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6 in enclosure No. 5, 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: Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī]. Macdonald Kinneir reports that following news of the arrival of the money intended for payment to Russia as reparations, as stipulated in the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], at Mianna [Mianeh], the Russian General-in-Chief [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] intends to name somewhere near Mianna to meet to sign the peace treaty. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that the General-in-Chief will decide on the location in the next couple of days and will then invite Mirza Abul Hassan Khan and Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to attend the conference.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in enclosure No. 7, 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)