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IOR/L/PS/9/69/77
- Record Id:
- 041-003356774
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001e1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125055470.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/69/77
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Dr Andrew Jukes, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 10 May 1821. The letter charges Jukes with a mission to the Gulf to discuss with Persian officials the issue of Kishm [Qeshm], which is claimed by Persia [Iran] and Muscat and has been occupied by British troops. The letter contains instructions for this mission. It also addresses Persian complaints against Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr].
Annexed to the letter are:
- A copy of a letter from George Foster Sadlier to Sir Evan Nepean, then Governor of Bombay, sent from the cruiser Mercury off Muscat Cove and dated 17 May 1819. The letter reports the Imam of Muscat’s approval of the potential landing of British troops in the Imam’s territories. It also discusses the question of sovereignty over territories in the Gulf including Kishm.
- Copies of letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and the Prince of Shīrāz[Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] dated 12 May 1821. The letters announce Jukes’s mission to the Gulf.
The letter was enclosed in the letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 1 September 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/75).
- 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
041-003356774 - 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/9/69/77 : Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0003]/040-003356697[0077]/041-003356774
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 4 items (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001e1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1821
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- 10 May 1821-12 May 1821
- 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)