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Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
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Copy of Dispatch No. 15 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 20 May 1819. Matters relating to relations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire are discussed, including: The refusal of the Pacha...
Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard Transport Orient off Ras ul Khyma, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
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Copy of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard Transport Orient off Ras ul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, dated January 1820. The letter concerns the ongoing British expedition against the al-Qawasim and their allies, accused...
Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool, at anchor off the Island of Kenn, to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
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Copy of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool, at anchor off the Island of Kenn [Kish], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 10 February 1820. The letter concerns Keir’s communications with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the Prince of She...
Copy of Dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
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Copy of dispatch No. 2 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 20 January 1825. The letter reports that the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] has written a letter of condolence and congratulation t...
Copy of Dispatch No. 10 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
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Copy of dispatch No. 10 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 14 June 1825. The letter concerns internal affairs in Persia, including: The appointment by the Shah of Persia (Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār) of ...
Copy of Dispatch No. 15 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Koordan, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
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Copy of dispatch No. 15 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Koordan [Kordan or Kurdan], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 4 July 1825. The letter concerns relations between Russia and Persia, including: The departure of the Russian Consul ...
Enclosure to the Letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 July 1825
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Copies of the papers originally enclosed with the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 3 July 1825 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/35). The papers concern the revision of the subsidy account between Britain and Persia,...
Coll 29/54(1) 'Serving of an attachment order issued by the Egyptian Court on the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Ltd'
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The file concerns a request by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide copies of a judicial document issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice regarding the service on the Bahrain Branch of the Eastern Bank Limited. The file is composed of correspondence between the British Embassy...
The item comprises: Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 56 of 1840, dated 22 August 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-45 and are dated 6 April to 22 August 1840. The enclosures mostly consist of cor...
