Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 14 April 1824.Following consultations with the Court of the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] in Tehran, Willock reports the decided opposition of the Shah to the proposed transfer of responsibility for diplomatic relations between Persia and Britain to the British Government in India.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 April 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/174).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)