Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Aug 1824
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An extract of a letter from George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, to Major John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 26 March 1824. The letter concerns Macdonald’s appointment as Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], d...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to John (or William) McCulloch of 22 Sep 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Howard de Walden, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 22 September 1824. The letter reports that the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, Envoy of the Su...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 18 Oct 1824
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Dr John Cormick, Chief Physician to the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 16 October 1824. Willock asks Cormick to read the Prince Royal an enclosed message (IOR/L/PS/9...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 18 Oct 1824
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A message sent by Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Dr John Cormick, Chief Physician to the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia, to be read to the Prince Royal. The message concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 16 Nov 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 15 November 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Britain and...
‘Translation of a Ruckum from H.R.H. Prince Abbas Meerza to the Envoy’
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The translation of a ruckum [raqm and raqim, a letter or an order] from the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The ruckum requests that Macdonald Kinneir send the physician Dr...
File 2182/1913 Pt 12 'ARABIA: RELATIONS WITH BIN SAUD (AMIR OF NEJD) (HEJAZ-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE)'
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Part 12 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Much of the correspondence relates to (unsucces...
File 595/1927 Pt 3 ‘Air Route to India: Petrol Barge at Ras-al-Khaimah’
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This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, extracts, and minutes regarding the south Persia [Iran] air route to India. The papers notably cover the following: Conflict at Ras-al-Khaimah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] on the Trucial Coast of the Persian Gulf, in connection with the arran...
Coll 5/90(3) ‘Indian Overseas Airlines Ltd; Mistry and Clairways Airways Ltd; Air Service from India to Aden along the South Coast of Arabia’
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The file largely consists of telegrams sent out by the Indian Ministry of External affairs notifying the relevant authorities of proposed charter flights by Indian Overseas Airlines Limited (also referred to as Mistry Airways) and Indamer. Towards the rear of the file are a small number of papers...
Coll 29/41 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: half-yearly statements of petty increases'
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The file concerns expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia and in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: half-yearly reports on petty expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia and in the Persian Gulf statements showing excesses and savings under Contract Grant Gov...
