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 Bombay Castle and dated 3 October 1820.The letter concerns Anglo-Persian relations following the 1819 British campaign against ‘piracy’, in particular the occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] by British troops. It also reports the planned deployment of Indian troops to relieve the forces in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 February 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/56).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)