Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Sharga, to Captain Francis Augustus Collier
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Sharga, to Captain Francis Augustus Collier
- Date:
- 1820/1820
- Description:
- Abstract: Copy of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Sharga [Sharjah], to Captain Francis Augustus Collier, of 1 February 1820. The letter contains instructions for Captain Collier and Captain Francis Erskine Loch as part of the ongoing expedition against the al-Qawasim and their allies in the Persian Gulf. Keir’s instructions include:To familiarise Shaik Abdalla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain] with the terms of the recently signed General Treaty [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf] and to encourage him to cooperate with the British in their campaign against vessels accused of piracyTo attack the vessels of Rahma bin Jauber [Shaikh Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalhamī] in retaliation for an attack on a Persian vesselTo communicate to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat the British Government’s opposition to his plans to subjugate Bahrein.The letter was enclosed in Keir’s letter to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 2 February 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/245).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
- Geographic region:
- Bahrein
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000188_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000188_en
IOR/L/PS/9/68/249
IOR/L/PS/9/68/249