‘Translation of a Rackum from H.R.H Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’

IOR/L/PS/9/70/143

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The record is made up of 1 item (1 folio). It was created in 1826. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The translation of a rackum [ raqm Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. and raqim, a letter or an order] from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. In the rackum Abbas Meerza offers his condolences for the deaths from illness of members of Macdonald Kinneir’s entourage.

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 12, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).

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Original held at: British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/9/70/143
Date(s): 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Diplomacy
People & organisations: East India Company Envoy to PersiaCrown Prince of Persia

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/70/143
Title: ‘Translation of a Rackum from H.R.H Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’
Pages: 1r:1v
Author: Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
Usage terms: Public Domain