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‘Translation of a letter addressed by Mirza Mohomed Alli to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’ [‎1r] (1/4)

The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 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 the Persian envoy, Mirza Mohomed Alli [Muḥammad ʿAlī Shīrāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 20 Rujjub [Rajab] 1242 [17 February 1827]. In the letter Mirza Mohomed Alli announces the arrival of himself and the Russian officer who had delivered a gift of a glass couch to the Shah of Persia, Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov], at Erivan [Yerevan], and their kind reception by the 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. of Erivan [ Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Iravan or Yerevan]. He also reports the commencement of his journey across the Russo-Persian frontier to Tiflis [Tbilisi], and indicates that the 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. of Erivan has dispatched a group of Russian prisoners, who had been travelling with Mirza Mohomed Alli, to Tiflis, accompanied by one of his own servants.

This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in No. 40, 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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‘Translation of a letter addressed by Mirza Mohomed Alli to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’ [‎1r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/70/195, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100125673690.0x000002> [accessed 11 August 2026]

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