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IOR/L/PS/9/68/253
- Record Id:
- 041-003356689
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00018c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108178667.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/68/253
- Title:
- Copy of a Letter from the Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, Francis Warden, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a letter from the Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, Francis Warden, to the commander of the British expedition to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf], Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, of 15 December 1819. The letter encloses a copy of the letter of the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai] in Council, Mountstuart Elphinstone, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, of 15 December 1819 (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/252), to which it refers. The letter gives instructions to Keir for the prosecution of the expedition against the al-Qawasim and their allies, whom the British accuse of piracy, including:
- The reduction of Ras-il-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]
- To provide military assistance to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat
- The conduct of offensive operations against ports on the Persian [Iranian] coast
- To maintain a battalion of 'native infantry' on Kishma [Qeshm].
The letter was enclosed in Elphinstone’s letter to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, of 15 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/251).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003356436
041-003356689 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/68 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/68/253 : Copy of a Letter from the Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, Francis Warden, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0002]/040-003356436[0253]/041-003356689
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00018c
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1819
- Date Range:
- 15 Dec 1819
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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