Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820. The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a military and naval base against ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).A duplicate of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/69/27.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)