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1. IOR/L/PS/9/69/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/4
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS Liverpool off the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 24 February 1820. Following his suppression of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/69/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/5
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A report on the island of Qeis or Kenn [Kīsh] compiled by John McNeil from information gathered from inhabitants of the island and the adjacent Persian [Iranian] coast, undated. The report examines the relations of nearby Persian ports, in particular Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], with the Joasmees...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1820
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/69/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/6
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from HMS Curlew off the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 20 February 1820. The letter concerns ‘piracy’ on the Persian [Iranian] sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/69/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/7
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 2 February 1820. The letter reports an exchange in Bushire with the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah]. Bruce warns Ra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/69/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/8
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/11
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 19 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Tehran and dated 16 March 1820. The letter reports the Persian Court’s muted reaction to the destruction of ‘pirate’ ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/69/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/16
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
Scope & Content:
A translation of a Firman [edict] from Hossein Ali Meerza Mirza [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Sheraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, received at Bushire [Būshehr] 18 March 1820. The Prince remonstra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1820
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/69/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/17
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
Scope & Content:
A draft letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to the Prince of Sheerauz [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] dated 20 March 1820. In response to the Prince’s earlier letter [IOR/L/PS/9/67/16], Keir states his desir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1820
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/69/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/22
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 20 May 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Tehran and dated 10 May 1820. Willock reports his conversations with the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and Persian Ministers regarding British policy in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1820
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/69/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/27
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 Jul 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820. The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a milit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1820
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)