Letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter

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A letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Meerza Abul Hassan Khan, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, of 27 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/150 (A)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/150 (B)). In the letter Meerza Abul Hassan Khan reports that according to information contained within a gazette in the possession of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, John Macdonald Kinneir, the Russian ‘frontier authorities’ in the Caucasus had not been forwarding communications between the governments of Russia and Persia concerning the frontier dispute that has led to the outbreak of war between the two sides in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. He requests that the Chairman communicate to the Russian Government that Persia has always been unwilling to commence hostilities on the frontier, and indicates that Persia had engaged in hostilities on account of Russian aggression at the frontier and is willing to seek an accommodation in accordance with the Treaty of Gulistan.

This document and its translation were originally enclosed 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 28 October 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/149).

Extent and format

1 item (5 folios)

Written in

English and Persian in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

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/9/70/150

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Oct 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)Diplomacy

People & organisations

Court of DirectorsMinister for Foreign Affairs

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Letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/150, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000325> [accessed 16 July 2026]

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