Copy of a Letter from HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to the Ottoman Empire, Monsieur de Minciacky

IOR/L/PS/9/70/205

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1827. It was written in French. 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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Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to the Ottoman Empire, Monsieur de Minciacky, of 8 January 1827 [Old Style]/22 January 1827 [New Style]. The letter responds to two letters addressed to Canning by Minciacky on 19 January 1827 [New Style], concerning the arrest of Honorary Consul Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov] and his companions in Persia [Iran], and a gift from the Emperor of Russia [Tsar Alexander II] to Major William Monteith (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/206-207). Canning states that he will raise both issues with the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir.

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in No. 42, 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 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).

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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/9/70/205
Date(s): 22 Jan 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Diplomacy
People & organisations: Russian Chargé d'Affaires to the Ottoman EmpireHM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire

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Copy of a Letter from HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to the Ottoman Empire, Monsieur de Minciacky, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/205, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00035c> [accessed 18 July 2026]

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/70/205
Title: Copy of a Letter from HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to the Russian Chargé d’Affaires to the Ottoman Empire, Monsieur de Minciacky
Pages: 1r:2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence