Abstract: A draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bahrein [Bahrain], undated.The letter concerns the agreement concluded by William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], with the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124 and 131). Elphinstone disavows the agreement as unauthorised and counter to the policies of the Government of Bombay, stressing that policy towards Bahrein has not changed.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)