'Copy of an Official Note addressed by His Britanick Majesty's Charge d'Affairs to their Excellencys The Persian Ministers'
Date:
1819/1819
Description:
Abstract: Copy of an official note from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the ministers of the Court of the Shah of Persia, of 23 December 1819. The note concerns the British intention to send an expeditionary force to the Persian Gulf to attack the Juwasemees [al-Qawasim] and their allies, accused by the British of piracy, including a number of ports on the Persian coast (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/213). The note advises against the possibility of the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz], Hussein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā], offering protection to those accused of piracy, and instead encourages the Prince to assist in the British operations against the Persian ports accused of piracy.The note was enclosed in Willock’s dispatch No. 31 to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 26 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/209).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)