Abstract: Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Abbas Mirza reports that he has received intelligence that the money owed in reparations to Russia as part of the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] has been forwarded from Zungan [Zanjan] and Kasvin [Qazvin], leaving ‘no grounds for procrastination’ to meet to sign the treaty. Having not yet been given a meeting place by the Russian General-in-Chief, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia], Abbas Mirza proposes Meeana [Mianeh].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 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: Translation of a ruckum [raqm, also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and originally forwarded a copy of a ruckum from Abbas Meerza to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/104). Referring to this ruckum, Abbas Meerza requests that Macdonald Kinneir exert his influence on the points of securities for, and the period of payment of, financial reparations from Persia to Russia. He also entreats Macdonald Kinneir to arrange for the articles of peace between Russia and Persia to be concluded ‘in a satisfactory manner’, and indicates his willingness to conclude peace quickly.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 74 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: Translation of a firman [a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Regib [Rajab AH 1243] or January [1828]. The Shah directs Macdonald Kinneir to assist the Prince Royal [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] in concluding peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], indicating that he has instructed the latter to renew negotiations with Russia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 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: Translation of a firman [a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. The Shah remonstrates against Abbas Meerza, expressing his surprise that he has not yet concluded peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He indicates that money for the payment of reparations to Russia has been dispatched and that the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, has returned to Tabreez [Tabriz] to facilitate the conclusion of peace, and restates his previously given orders for Abbas Meerza to sign the peace treaty.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 8 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: Translation of a Firmaun [firman, a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Rujab [Rajab] AH 1243 [approximately January 1828]. The Shah directs Macdonald Kinneir to conclude peace in the ongoing war with Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], in concert with the Foreign Minister of Persia, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī], and requests that he communicate this order to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] so that the latter will attend the negotiations and ‘finish this business’. The Shah also indicates that the assembled troops from Khorussan [Khorasan] and Irak [Arak] will not undertake any hostile acts, unless the peace agreement should fall through, and also reports that a further crore of tomans is ready for payment as part of the reparations owed to Russia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 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: Translation of a Firmaun [firman, a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated in the month of Jemadeal Sawee [Jumādá al-Thānīyah AH 1243, circa January 1828]. The letter concerns the negotiations for the peace treaty to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The Shah indicates that he has dispatched Meerza Abool Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to Deheraghon [Azarshahr], where the treaty has been negotiated, and has sent Macdonald Kinneir’s assistant, Dr John McNeill, to deliver gold, intended for payment to Russia in reparations as part of the treaty, to Macdonald Kinneir, and states that the remainder of the reparations, in silver, will be delivered at a later date.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 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: Translation of a firman [a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated Rajeb or January [Rajab AH 1243 or January 1828]. The Shah indicates that he has ordered his son, Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], to return and recommence negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and that on the arrival of the money being paid to Russia as reparations, ‘nothing remains to prevent it’s [peace’s] conclusion’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6 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: Translation of a firman [a letter or order] from the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] to Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. The Shah orders Abbas Mirza to conclude the agreement of peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], reporting that money for the payment of reparations has been dispatched, leaving no cause for delay. He urges that the peace be signed as soon as possible, highlighting the fact that in spite of some other of his sons being prepared to recommence hostilities, he has chosen to follow Abbas Mirza’s recommendation for peace.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 9 in enclosure No. 4, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, 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: The translation of a firman (order) from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, written in the month of Moharrum [Muharram] AH 1242 [c August 1826]. The letter communicates the events leading to the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, detailing the dispute over the frontier, the unsuccessful negotiations for the settlement of the frontier, including at the Shah’s camp at Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], and the outbreak of hostilities and attendant uprisings by local populations against Russia.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/114).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a firman (order) from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, written in the month of Mohurrum [Muharram] AH 1242 [c August 1826]. The letter communicates the events leading to the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, detailing the dispute over the frontier, the unsuccessful negotiations for the settlement of the frontier, including at the Shah’s camp at Sultaneah [Solţānīyeh], and the outbreak of hostilities and attendant uprisings by local populations against Russia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The translation of a letter from the King of Persia [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter communicates the events leading to the outbreak of war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus, detailing the dispute over the frontier, the unsuccessful attempts to negotiate the settlement of the frontier, and the outbreak of hostilities and attendant uprisings by local populations in the Caucasus against Russia, in which Persia has had military success.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], to Prince Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. Responding to Abbas Meerza’s request for his views on the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/12), General Paskevitch indicates that he is willing to agree peace with Persia, providing that the peace is concluded ‘in a manner worthy of the honour and consistent with the interests of Russia’. He also indicates his view that Russia was not at fault for the outbreak of the war, and that Russia might be justified in seeking ‘due retribution’ from the Persian Government for ‘hostile and faithless acts’.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/21).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)