‘Translation of a letter from His Highness the Imaum of Muscat to Major General Sir William Grant Keir K. M. T.’
Date:
1820/1820
Description:
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd) to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, dated 10 Rabī‘ II 1235 [27 January 1820]. The letter communicates the Imaum’s conformity with the treaties signed between Britain and the Arab tribes of the Persian Gulf following the British expedition against the al-Qawasim and their allies, and offers the Arabs access to his ports to trade. The Imaum also expresses his willingness to provide any further assistance that Keir may require subject to his receiving instructions from Bombay [Mumbai].The letter was enclosed in Keirs’s letter to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 10 February 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/257).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)