Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
- Creator:
- Author: Prince-Governor of Fārs
- Date:
- 1820/1820
- Description:
- Abstract: A translation of a Firman [edict] from Hossein Ali Meerza Mirza [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Sheraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, received at Bushire [Būshehr] 18 March 1820. The Prince remonstrates with Keir about the burning of vessels from the ports of Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charack [Bandar-e Chārak], the persecution of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalhamī] who is now in the employ of the Prince, and the failure to provide warships for an expedition to Bahrein [Bahrain] as the Prince had previously requested.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 17 April 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/14].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)
Piracy
Raḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Bahrein - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001a4_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001a4_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/16
IOR/L/PS/9/69/16