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 Abher [Ābhar] and dated 14 August 1824.The letter forwards a dispatch from the Supreme Government of India (IOR/L/PS/9/69/213) announcing the appointment of Major John Macdonald Kinneir as Envoy to Persia, and describes the opposition of the Persian Government to this move.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 August 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/209).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)