IOR/F/4/762/20694

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of two items about the island of Kishm [Qeshm] (the other is IOR/F/4/762/20693).The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay; James Baillie Fraser, artist and writer; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia.

The item concerns:

• The death of Andrew Jukes, Political Agent at Kishm and Envoy to the Court of Tehran on 10 November 1821
• James Baillie Fraser’s assumption of Jukes’ role in negotiations with the Government of Persia
• The rival claims to Kishm by Muscat and Persia
• Persia’s wish to dismiss William Bruce as the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]
• Persia’s objections to the stationing of British troops on Kishm
• The decision to withdraw from Kishm and a discussion of timings of the withdrawal
• The plan to reinforce Kishm because of the concentration of Persian troops on the coast
• Willock’s difficulties at Tehran due to Persian demands for money
• The decision to bring forward the evacuation of Kishm, and countermand the reinforcements as a result of Bruce’s unauthorised negotiations with Persia (see also IOR/F/4/894/23288 and 23289).

The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 85[5], Draft 106, P.C. 200, [Season] 24/5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office 1823’.