Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 29 October 1819. The letter authorises Keir to make a brief stop at Muscat en route to Kishmee [Qeshm] in order to communicate with the Imaum [Imam].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 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 31 October 1819. The letter contains instructions concerning prisoners of war who may be taken during the expedition.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820.The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a military and naval base against ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/27).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Tabrīz and dated 4 July 1820.The letter concerns the British Government in India’s desired concession of an island in the Gulf to serve as a base against ‘piracy’, which had earlier been refused by Persian Ministers.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 28 February 1820.The letter transmits the observations of the Governor of Bombay [Mountstuart Elphinstone] following the Gulf expedition. Subjects covered include: the release of Indian captives; the proposed appointment of Captain Thomas Thompson as a Political Agent in the Gulf; the future of Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]; Keir’s proposed action against Ramah bin Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah] in response to reported attacks on Persian [Iranian] ships; relations with the Persian Government in regard to ‘anti-piracy’ actions on the Persian coast; and hostilities between the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and Bahrein [Bahrain].The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 16 February 1820.The letter contains the observations of the Governor of Bombay [Mountstuart Elphinstone] on the treaty concluded by Keir with the Gulf rulers [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820], recommending stronger measures for the suppression of ‘piracy’, the protection of trade with India, and the establishment of British power in the Gulf. It also contains the Governor’s instructions regarding the future of Ras-ool-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah].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 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 27 November 1819. The letter contains instructions for the handover of power in Ras-el-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] in the event of its fall to British forces.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 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Tabriz and dated 4 July 1820.The letter concerns the refusal of the Persian Government to cede an island in the Gulf to Britain.The letter was enclosed in Willock's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 3 October 1820.The letter concerns Anglo-Persian relations following the 1819 British campaign against ‘piracy’, in particular the occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] by British troops. It also reports the planned deployment of Indian troops to relieve the forces in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 February 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/56).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Extracts of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Chief Secretary of the Supreme Government of India, sent from Tabriz and dated 25 July 1820.The letter concerns Anglo-Persian relations in the Gulf following the 1819 British expedition against ‘piracy’. Subjects covered include: a request from the Prince Royal ['Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince of Persia] for British support in conquering Bahrein [Bahrain]; Willock’s offer to negotiate a tributary relationship between Bahrein and Persia; the desired cession of an island for a British base in the Gulf, refused by the Persian Government; and the planned occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] by British troops.The extracts were enclosed in Willock’s letter to Joseph Dart, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 6 August 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/42).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 12 December 1821.The letter reports Willock’s assumption of the mission of Andrew Jukes to Persia following Jukes’s death. It addresses the issue of the British occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] as a base against ‘piracy’, and expresses hope that William Bruce will be permitted to return to his post as Resident at Bushire [Būshehr].The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/81).Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]. The principal correspondents are: Sir Harford Jones [later Jones-Brydges], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia; Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto], Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal; Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, Commander of the Expedition to the Persian Gulph; Captain Charles Pasley, Acting for Malcolm as Envoy to the Court of Persia; Jonathan Duncan, Governor in Council at Bombay; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; and Andrew Jukes, Surgeon and Acting Resident at Bushire [Bushehr, also spelled Bushere in this volume]. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān, various spellings in this volume], Native Agent at Schyras [Shiraz, various spellings in this volume]; Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī, various spellings in this volume], Vizier of Schyras; Prince Hooseen Alee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, various spellings in this volume], Prince-Governor of Fars; the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār]; Nasr Oolah Khan [Naṣr-Allāh Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars; Mohumed Hussein Khan Karagoozloo [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Qaragūzlū, various spellings in this volume], a Persian official; Meerza Sheffee [Mirzā Shafi’ Māzandarāni], Grand Vizier (First Minister) to the King of Persia; and Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad].The volume covers the following matters:The diplomatic mission of Harford Jones: his arrival and reception at Bushire; his journey to Schyras and onwards to Tehran; correspondence with Persian officials and royalty; discussion of possible treaty articles, particularly in connection to promises made by Malcolm and Pasley during their earlier diplomatic mission; discussion of the appropriate degree of ostentation the mission should adopt; and discussion of the appropriate style and form of communication to be used between Jones and Persian officialsThe progress and movements of the French Embassy in Persia, under General Gardanne [Claude-Matthieu, Comte de Gardane]European politics in connection with the Napoleonic Wars and specifically concerning relations between Britain, France, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, including reports of the signing of the Treaty of Dardanelles, 5 January 1809, which brought an end to the Anglo-Ottoman War of 1807-09The Government of Bushire, including the removal of Shaik Abdoul Ressoul [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān Āl Madhkūr] as Governor because of his treatment of MalcolmPolitical affairs in Persia, often reported by Jafer Ali Khan and his informantsMalcolm’s Expedition to the Gulph to establish a British naval and commercial settlement on the island of Karrack [Kharg, various spellings in this volume], including: the political reasons behind the expedition; the abandonment of the expedition and the disbanding of the expedition force at Bombay; how (erroneous) reports of Malcolm’s imminent arrival in the Gulph were (or might be) received in Persia and Bagdad, and the impact this might have on Jones’s missionEvents along Persia’s northern frontier, as part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-13, particularly those at Erivan [Yerevan]Charges made by Lord Minto against the conduct of Jones and the latter's response to these charges.The letters found on folios 132-180 are duplicates of those found on folios 47-85.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf.