‘Remarks of the Prince Royal on the proposals of Peace submitted by The Russian Authorities’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/102
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in Nov 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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The remarks of the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār] on the proposals made by Russia for the agreement of peace in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/99). The Prince Royal proposes that the River Araxes [River Aras] be made the border between Russia and Persia, and opposes the Russian demand for the territorial cession of Talish from Persia to Russia. He also proposes a counter offer to Russian financial demands, suggesting Persia pay five crores of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. [Persian currency], rather than the Russian demand for the payment of fifteen, with the occupation of Tabreez [Tabriz] or Khoee [Khoy] by Russian troops to serve as security on the payment.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4, in dispatch No. 74 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 8 November 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/98).
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- ReparationsNegotiationRusso-Persian War (1826-1828)
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- Crown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty
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- ‘Remarks of the Prince Royal on the proposals of Peace submitted by The Russian Authorities’
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- 1r:2v
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- Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Nāyib al-Salṭana xx Qājār, 'Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia
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