‘Translation of a letter from his Excellency General Yermaloff to Hussein Khan the Surdar of Erivan’
IOR/L/PS/9/70/198
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 1827. 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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Translation of a letter from the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermaloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov], to the Surdar of Erivan, Hussein Khan [ Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār]. In the letter, General Yermaloff indicates his approval of the Surdar’s proposal for an exchange of prisoners of war to take place on the frontier between Russia and Persia [Iran]. He also indicates his approval of a proposal for commerce to continue unhindered, in spite of the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828].
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 6 in No. 40, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, 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 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).
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- 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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- Prisoners of WarTrade (practice)Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
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- Governor-General of GeorgiaGovernor of Yerevan
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- ‘Translation of a letter from his Excellency General Yermaloff to Hussein Khan the Surdar of Erivan’
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- Yermolov, Alexey Petrovich
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