Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool,at anchor off the Island of Kenn, to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool,at anchor off the Island of Kenn, to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
- Date:
- 1820/1820
- Description:
- Abstract: Copy of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS Liverpool, at anchor off the Island of Kenn [Kish], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 10 February 1820. The letter concerns Keir’s communications with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz], originally enclosing:The translation of a letter from the Imaum of Muscat to Keir, dated 10 Rabī‘ II 1235 [27 January 1820] (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/258)The substance of a letter from Keir, to the Imaum of Muscat, of 10 February 1820 (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/259)The translation of a firmaum [firman, order] from the Prince of Sheeraz to Keir, dated 9 Rabī‘ I 1235 [26 December 1819] (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/260).The letter discusses these communications, and the situation in the Persian Gulf, including:The extension of the General Treaty [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf] to Bharein [Bahrain]The reciprocal agreement for the opening up of ports for trade between the Imaum of Muscat and the Joasemees [al-Qawasim]British efforts to discourage attacks on Bharein by the Imaum of Muscat and the Prince of SheerazThe suspension of Keir’s plans for operations against ports on the Persian coastThe conditions on Kenn.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 18 March 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/256), which was received on 13 July 1820.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Prince-Governor of Fārs
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Bahrein
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000190_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000190_en
IOR/L/PS/9/68/257
IOR/L/PS/9/68/257