‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to the Envoy’
IOR/L/PS/9/71/103
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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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Translation of a ruckum [ raqm Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. , also known as a raqim, a letter or an order] from 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], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The ruckum concerns the ongoing negotiations for peace in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and originally forwarded a copy of a ruckum from Abbas Meerza to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky] (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/104). Referring to this ruckum, Abbas Meerza requests that Macdonald Kinneir exert his influence on the points of securities for, and the period of payment of, financial reparations from Persia to Russia. He also entreats Macdonald Kinneir to arrange for the articles of peace between Russia and Persia to be concluded ‘in a satisfactory manner’, and indicates his willingness to conclude peace quickly.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 74 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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- ‘Translation of a Ruckum from The Prince Royal to the Envoy’
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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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