Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of the British Mission, Tehran
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The letter informs Willock of MacLeod's arrival at Bushere [Bushire] and that he has received charge of political duties and the factory. He informs him that he possesses letters and presents from the Governor of Bombay for His Royal Highness Hossein Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā] which he will s...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of His Britannic Majesty's Mission, Tehran
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The letter informs Willock of MacLeod's return to Bushere [Bushire] a few days previously from the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf and that he has written to His Royal Highness Hoossein Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā] informing him of his arrival and forwarding letters from the Governor of Bo...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of the British Mission, Tabriz
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The letter notifies Willock that the tomb erected by Captain William Bruce over the remains of Mr Rich and Dr Taylor in the garden of Jehan Nooma [Bāgh-i Jahān Nūmā] at Shiraz has been destroyed and speculates that this was done with the knowledge or at the order of the Government of Fars. MacLeo...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Senior Officer of Marine or Any Officer Commanding a Cruizer in the Gulf of Persia
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The letter concerns a report that Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī] is building a fort at Rassel Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]. MacLeod instructs an enclosed letter to be delivered to Sulṭān bin Saqr or his brother, and that any work that has commenced should be stopped until his permissi...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain Hardy, Senior Officer of Marine in the Gulf of Persia
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MacLeod acknowledges the receipt of Hardy's letter, dated 10 May 1823 in which he enclosed a letter from Zekee Khan [Zakī Khān], the Prime Minister of Fars. He states that he will reply when he finds occasion and Hardy's reply is sufficient in the meantime. In addition, he writes that he has enc...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain Hardy, Senior Officer of Marine in the Gulf of Persia
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The letter informs Hardy that MacLeod has received native reports of an attack on a Bahrain boat and it would appear that the attackers were 'Bedowins [Bedouins] of the desert' who had taken possession of a fishing boat on the coast between Ras Reean [?] and Bidow [?]. He writes that he has writ...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of Her Majesty's Mission, Tabriz
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MacLeod acknowledges the receipt of Willock's dispatches dated 14 and 27 July 1823. He informs Willock that he has requested that [Captain Hardy] the Senior Officer of Marine remove any articles from Maghoo [Magū] and give up a home that had been taken in the town. In addition, he informs him tha...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of the British Mission, Tehran
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The letter informs Willock that the Shaikh of Bushire has imposed a duty of eight rupees on the export of horses. MacLeod writes that his predecessor, the Acting Resident, procured a firman from the Prince Regent of Fars, forbidding the extraction of this duty from British subjects, but no counte...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain Hardy, Senior Officer of Marine in the Gulf of Persia
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MacLeod encloses a bill of landing for treasure shipped on board the Volunteer, Captain Waterman (not included, but copied in the text of the letter). He writes that Hardy has already passed a receipt for four thousand rupees and requests that he take a duplicate receipt from the commander of th...
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Henry Willock, in Charge of His Majesty's Mission, Tabriz
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MacLeod encloses a copy of his report on the 'Piratical tribes' dated 17 February 1823, noting that the sickness of his English writer has prevented him sending it until now. He offers his observations since the date of his report, including the Persian threat to Uttoobees [al-‘Utūb] of Bahrain ...
