Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
- Creator:
- Author: Resident
- Date:
- 1820/1820
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 2 February 1820. The letter reports an exchange in Bushire with the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah]. Bruce warns Rahmah against further acts of ‘piracy’ in the Gulf and reports Rahmah’s plans to join an expedition by the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Bahrein [Bahrain].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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)
Raḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah
Prince-Governor of Fārs - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Bushire
Bahrein - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00019b_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00019b_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/7
IOR/L/PS/9/69/7