Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1822
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A copy of a letter from Dr Andrew Jukes, Political Agent, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 14 August 1821. The letter concerns the island of Kishm [Qeshm] which has been occupied by British forces. It reports histori...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 4 May 1822
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A translation of a firman [edict] from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia] presented by Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires, and dated Rujjub [Rajab] 1237/March-April 1822. The firman concerns arrears in subsidy payments...
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 Hoosain Alli Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], undated. The letter concerns the agreement concluded by William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], with the Government of Fars at Sheraz [...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 8 Jan 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 26 December 1823. The letter concerns treaty negotiations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire (Treaty of Erzurum) following the 1...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 8 Jan 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 28 December 1823. The letter concerns subsidy payments to Persia. Willock reports the arrival of the subsidy account from India det...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 8 Jan 1824
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A translation of a letter from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated Jemadee el Awal [Jumāda al-Awwal] 1239 (January 1834). The letter discusses the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic rela...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Jan 1824
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A translated extract of a letter from Mirza Ismael [Mīrzā Ismā’īl], Vakeel [Vakīl, Agent] of the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] at the Court of Tehran, to the Kaem Maqam [Mīrzā Abūl Qāsem Qāem Maqām Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince], received on 14 January 1824. ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Apr 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 Tehran and dated 14 April 1824. Following consultations with the Court of the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] in Tehran, Willock reports the decided opp...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 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 Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 8 July 1824. Subjects covered in the letter include: Events in Khorasan The rumoured death of the Khan of Khiva Mah...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Aug 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 Abher [Ābhar] and dated 14 August 1824. The letter forwards a dispatch from the Supreme Government of India (IOR/L/PS/9/69/213) announcing the appoi...
