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IOR/L/PS/9/69/244
- Record Id:
- 041-003356941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000288
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124290482.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/69/244
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 16 Nov 1824
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Charge d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Tehran and dated 11 November 1824.
The letter concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia. Willock reports that, after securing support from members of the Persian Court, including through the use of bribery, he has succeeded in obtaining the Shah’s [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] approval for the permanent residence in Persia of an Envoy from the Supreme Government of India. The letter also forwards extracts from Willock’s diary (IOR/L/PS/9/69/245).
The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 16 November 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/238).
- 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
041-003356941 - 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/9/69/244 : Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 16 Nov 1824 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0003]/040-003356697[0244]/041-003356941
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000288
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 11 Nov 1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)