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IOR/L/PS/9/68/259
- Record Id:
- 041-003356695
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000192
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108178695.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/68/259
- Title:
- ‘Substance of a letter from Major General Wm Grant Keir to His Highness the Imaum of Muscat’
- Scope & Content:
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The substance of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool, to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd) of 10 February 1820. The letter is in reply to the Imaum’s letter of 10 Rabīʿ II 1235 [27 January 1820], and affirms the Imaum’s having opened his ports to the Arabs for the purposes of trade (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/258). Keir also relates the British offer to the Persian Government of mediation between Persia [Iran] and Bharein [Bahrain] regarding Persian claims to the sovereignty of Bharein.
The letter was enclosed in Keir’s letter to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, of 10 February 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/257).
- 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
041-003356695 - 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/9/68/259 : ‘Substance of a letter from Major General Wm Grant Keir to His Highness the Imaum of Muscat’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0002]/040-003356436[0259]/041-003356695
- 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_100038378586.0x000192
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 10 Feb 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)