'Translation of a Letter from His Royal Highness the Prince at Shirauz to the Right Honourable the Governor in Bombay'
Date:
1819/1819
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince of Shirauz [Shiraz], Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, to the Governor of Bombay, Sir Evan Nepean, received at Rasal Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] on 25 December 1819. The letter is in reply to Nepean’s letter to the Prince of 9 October 1819 concerning the British expedition against the Joasimees [al-Qawasim] and their allies in the Persian Gulf, including those at ports on the Persian coast (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/213). The letter affirms the Prince’s willingness to cooperate with the expedition, and reports the appointment of a Persian army to take possession of Bahrein [Bahrain].The letter was enclosed in Major-General Sir William Grant Keir’s letter to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of January 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/232).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)