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IOR/L/PS/9/69/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003356699
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000196
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123358020.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/69/2
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS Liverpool off the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 21 February 1820. The letter contains a report on the islands of Kishmee [Qeshm] and Kenn which evaluates the islands as potential British commercial and military bases in the Persian Gulf, discussing the navigability, availability of supplies, and population of the islands. Keir advises against establishing a base on Kishmee, instead recommending Kenn, and proposes that the island should be acquired from the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Charak [Bandar-e Chārak].
The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].
- 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
040-003356697
041-003356699 - 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/9/69 : Letters from Persia
IOR/L/PS/9/69/2 : Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0003]/040-003356697[0002]/041-003356699
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000196
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 21 Feb 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)