Abstract: Copy of a note from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Turkemanshee [Turkamanchay], to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī], of 26 February 1828. Macdonald Kinneir reports that he is ready to advance the sum of 200,000 tomans for the purpose of paying reparations owed to Russia as part of the peace treaty ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], in return for the abrogation of the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty existing between Britain and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 7 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)
Abstract: Receipt from Prince Kondocheff for three crores of tomans to be paid by Persia [Iran] to Russia as reparations, as stipulated in the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], dated 14 January 1828 [Old Style] and 26 January 1828 [New Style] at Kasvine [Qasvin]. Prince Kondocheff indicates that the money will be taken from Meana [Mianeh] to the house of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at Tabriz where it can be stored until it is handed over to the Russian Government.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in enclosure No. 10, 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: This file consists of a series of telegrams regarding Britain's relations with Persia in the aftermath of the First World War. Almost all of the correspondence is conducted between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox [Acting British Minister to Persia] and Earl Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Acting Foreign Secretary in the absence of Arthur James Balfour, who was attending the Paris Peace Conference]. Other correspondents include the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], the Foreign Secretary [Balfour], the India Office, and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu].The telegrams document negotiations – running concurrently with the Paris Peace Conference – between Cox and the Persian Government for an Anglo-Persian Treaty. Cox's telegrams notify Curzon of the details of a draft agreement; Curzon's telegrams to Cox make requests for revisions to the wording and, in certain cases, to the essence of the draft.Topics of discussion include: the Persian Government's desire for the frontiers of Persia to be rectified in certain localities and Britain's policy on this issue; Persian claims to compensation for damage suffered during the war at the hands of the other belligerents; the likelihood of the Persian case being heard at the Paris Conference; details of a proposed new loan to the Persian Government from the British Government, and the Secretary of State for India's concerns about the implications of this loan for the division of expenditure on Persia between Imperial and Indian revenues.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 187, and terminates at f 204, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Translations of three letters 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 letters concern the negotiation of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing:The assent of the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the articles of the proposed treatyThe Shah’s orders for the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], to be present at the signature of the treaty and for it to be signed in his nameThat ‘our people’ in Tehraun [Tehran] have ‘misrepresented matters to the Shah’The payment of reparations to Russia to ensure the evacuation of Persian territory occupied by Russia [the Province of Azerbaijan].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 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 despatch from Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Meerza Abul Hussan Khan reports the arrival of three crores of tomans, which is part of the reparations to be paid to Russia as stipulated in the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], at Zinjan [Zanjan]. He indicates that he will meet Macdonald Kinneir at Zinjan in several days’ time, and requests that Macdonald Kinneir inform General Rozen [Grigory Vladimirovich Rozen] of the arrival of the money, so that the latter may inform the Russian Commander-in-Chief [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], and so confirm the truth of Meerza Abul Hussan Khan’s report of the same nature.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 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 (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Manutcher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns the delivery of five crores of tomans, in instalments of gold and silver, to Russia as part of the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Manutcher Khan reports the various arrangements for the delivery of the money, giving details and requesting Macdonald Kinneir to send one of his assistants to help in the delivery of the money.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 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 Mirza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Mirza Abul Hussan Khan thanks Macdonald Kinneir for his services in the payment of reparations to Russia as part of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and indicates that two crores of tomans have arrived at Zinjan [Zanjan] and that he will forward them imminently. The letter originally enclosed a copy of a letter from the Russian Commander-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], to Mirza Abul Hussan Khan, which he forwards to Macdonald Kinneir (not included in this item).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 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 (2 folios)
Abstract: Translations of two letters from Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, the Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letters concern the payment of reparations by Persia as part of the peace agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. In the first letter (IOR/L/PS/9/71/165 (1)), Meerza Abul Hassan Khan comments on the fact that he has received no reply to his previous letters to Macdonald Kinneir, and also indicates that Dr John McNeill is preparing a payment of five crores of tomans [Persian currency] to Russia.In the second letter (IOR/L/PS/9/71/165 (2)), Meerza Abul Hassan Khan reports that he has begun his journey to Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] with the money for the ‘final settlement of Peace’, and has met with a Russian representative, who has seen the money and ‘accomplished the end for which his journey was intended’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9 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: Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheroun [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 16 January 1828. McNeill discusses the payment of reparations demanded by Russia as part of the peace agreement to end the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He reports the acquiescence of the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to pay five crores of tomans, and details arrangements for the payment of the money, including the plan to pay in instalments owing to concerns that the money might be plundered by Persian soldiers stationed at Meanna [Mianeh]. McNeill indicates his belief that the Shah will not pay more than the five crores agreed, and argues against any further attempt to convince him to do so. He also reports rumours, including of the purported outbreak of war between Russia and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], which he believes might impede the successful payment of the money, and his decision to leave M Valkhofsky [Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkhovsky], who has been deputed by the Russians to ensure the payment of the money, in Teheroun to provide General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] with reliable information.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 83, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 February 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/184).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheroun [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 18 January 1828. McNeill reports his departure from Teheroun and the dispatch of the remainder of the five crores of tomans that is being paid by the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] in reparations as part of the peace agreement to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/186). He also indicates that the Kaim Makum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia] will remain in Teheroun to acquire another crore of tomans which is required to pay the reparations.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in dispatch No. 83, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 February 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/184).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Letter, numbered 78, from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to his assistant, Dr John McNeill, of 15 December 1827. In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir responds to letters he has received from McNeill on the subject of the agreement of peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (not included in this item). He discusses the payment of five crores of tomans [Persian currency] of the indemnity demanded by Russia, which is subject to a time limit, and the storage of the money in Tehraun [Tehran]. Macdonald Kinneir also discusses the transmission of information about the terms of the treaty of peace, which is under negotiation by Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shāh Qājār], and McNeill’s reports of the proceedings of the Moatumud oo Dowleh [Mīrzā ʿAbd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Muʿtamid al-Dawlah]. He also refers to letters he is supposed to have received from the Persian diplomat, Mahomed Ali Khan [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shīrāzī], which he claims he has never received.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Bond, in Persian, granted by the Prince Royal of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir (IOR/L/PS/9/71/193 (1)), and an English translation (IOR/L/PS/9/71/193 (2)), dated in the month of Shaban [Shaʿbān] or March 1828. The bond states that should the British Government pay 200,000 tomans towards the reparations owed by Persia as part of the peace treaty ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], the Persian Government will abrogate and consider as annulled the third and fourth articles of the Definitive Treaty existing between Britain and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 12 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/191).Physical description: Folio 1 comprises a large sheet which has been folded.