Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 Jul 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 6 Jul 1820
- Date:
- 1819/1819
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 27 October 1819.The letter contains instructions for Keir’s expedition to the Persian Gulf to combat ‘piracy’. It also discusses the regional political situation surrounding the expedition, including relations with: Ibrahim Pacha [Pasha], Commander of the Turkish [Ottoman] forces in Arabia; the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat; and Persia [Iran].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).Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)
Piracy
Ibrāhīm Kavali
al-Qawāsim (Tribe)
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Persia
Rasul Khyma - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001b3_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001b3_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/31
IOR/L/PS/9/69/31