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1. IOR/L/PS/9/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69
Title:
Letters from Persia
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters and enclosures sent by Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated October 1819 to December 1824, and by Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d'Affaires, during the period August 1822 to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1819-1824
Extent:
11 boxes, 250 items

2. IOR/L/PS/9/69/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/161
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A statement showing the estimated charges and expenses for transporting merchandise between Russia and India, accompanying a proposal for a Russian East India Company sent by an unknown English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (IOR/L/PS/9/69/162). The statement was enclose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/69/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/206
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
Scope & Content:
A list of documents sent by Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], relating to trade in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/192-205). The list was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/69/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/98
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 16 Apr 1822
Scope & Content:
A letter from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, undated. The letter thanks the East India Company for shipping goods ordered by the Prince to Persia free of charge. An English translation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
16 Apr 1822
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/69/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/136
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Oct 1823
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Colin Mactavish, Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency, to Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bushire and dated 21 September 1823. The letter reports the death of Captain John MacLeod, Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1823
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/52
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee 26 Dec 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Persian Ministers [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī, Sadr-e ‘Azam, Prime Minister, and Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī, Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], sent from Tehran and dated 18 December 1820. Willoc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/1
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tehran and dated 29 March 1820. The letter forwards a dispatch and enclosures from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/69/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/115
Title:
Letter of thanks from the Shah of Persia to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār, Shah of Persia [Iran], to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, expressing thanks for the gifts delivered by Edward James Matthews. The letter was delivered by Matthews in June 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1822
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/69/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/38
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 July 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 Bombay Castle and dated 26 January 1820. The letter forwards copies of instructions issued by Elphinstone to Major-General William Grant Keir, Comman...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/69
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Aug 1821
Scope & Content:
A letter from the Prince Royal [Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, undated. The letter recommends Lieutenant Hart, a seconded officer in Persia, for reward by the Court of Directors for his service with the Prince’s army. An English ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
15 Aug 1821
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)