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Copy of Dispatch No. 49 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton [‎1v] (2/8)

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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 1 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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Copy of dispatch No. 49 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 1 June 1827. The letter originally enclosed papers concerning the ongoing war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] and other matters (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/3-10). This letter concerns the ongoing war, detailing the Russian siege of Erivan [Yerevan], giving an account of a battle between Russian and Persian forces, and reporting on the movements of the army of the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār]. The letter also covers: military events in Dagistan [Dagestan]; the disgrace of the former Vizier to the Prince-Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Fars, Mahomed Zekee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khān], resulting from a dispute with British officials over the imprisonment of Sheikh Abdool Russool of Bushire [Shaikh of Bushehr, Shaikh ʿAbd al-Rasūl Khān]; and an incident in which an individual bearing letters from the Government of India to Macdonald Kinneir was ‘plundered’ by ‘banditti’. A postscript also details the capture of communications between Russian generals (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/9-10).

This document was originally enclosed 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 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).

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Copy of Dispatch No. 49 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
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