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 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushire. Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, had given orders for these vessels to be destroyed. Bruce counsels against this as Rahma is now serving the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs]. Bruce also states that he will send a copy of the General Treaty to Bahrein [Bahrain] to be signed by Shaik Abdallah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and his brother [Shaikh Salmān bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the joint Rulers.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:
- General Maritime Treaty (1820)
Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)
Piracy
Raḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah
William Grant - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Bushire
Bahrein - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00019c_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x00019c_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/8
IOR/L/PS/9/69/8