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‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R. Highness Abbas Meerza’ [2r] (3/6)
The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in Jun 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 Hussan Khan Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to 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]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing a battle between Hussan Khan Sirdar’s troops and an army led by the Russian General [Konstantin Khristoforovich] Benkendorf. Hussan Khan Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. describes the battle and the events preceding it, and reports that the Persian forces were victorious.
This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, 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 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).
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- ‘Translation of a letter addressed by Hussan Khan Sirdar to H.R. Highness Abbas Meerza’
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- 1r:3v
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- Qājār, Ḥasan Qulī Khān
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