Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
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A copy of a letter from Major Deschamps (also spelled Duchamp), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Kishm and dated 11 March 1821. The letter relays reports that Hussein Ally [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā]...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1822
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A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 1 Rubee il akher [Rabi’ al-Thani] 1237 (26 December 1821). While affirming friendship with Britain, the note protests th...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1822
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A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 21 January 1822. In response to Willock’s note (IOR/L/PS/9/69/84), Mirza Abdul Wahab states that the Prince [Prince-G...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822
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A memorandum of a meeting between Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia] and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran] in Tabreez [Tabrīz] on 26 April 1822, with an attached note dated 27 April. Issues covered in the meeting include Willock’s planned departure from Persi...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822
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A translation of a rukum [letter] from Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā], Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 7 Shahban [Sha’bān] 1237/29 April 1822. In response to a firman [edict] from the Shah (IOR/L/PS/9/69/90) the letter protests Willock’s planne...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822
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A translation of a letter from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [Viscount Castlereagh] dated Rujjub [Rajab] 1237/April 1822. The letter protests arrears in subsidy payments to Persia, requests...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 27 April 1822
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Notes of messages and information collected regarding events at the Court of Persia [Iran] from 28 March 1822. The notes contain intelligence of proceedings at Court concerning the issue of delayed subsidy payments to Persia, as well as the possible departure of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affa...
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Oct 1822
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A translation of a letter from the Umeen ed Dowlat [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Second Minister of Persia [Iran], to Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, undated. The letter concerns the mission of Mirza Bauqur [Mīrzā Bakr], envoy of the Governor-General of Shiraz [Husa...
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
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A draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], undated. The letter concerns the agreement concluded by William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], with the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 8 February 1824. The letter discusses issues in relations between Persia and the Russian Empire, including frontier negotiations in...
