Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
- 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 1 Sep 1821
- Creator:
- Author: Prince-Governor of Fārs
- Date:
- 1821/1821
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Major Deschamps (also spelled Duchamp), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Kishm and dated 11 March 1821.The letter relays reports that Hussein Ally [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Shīrāz, is amassing troops and ships. It also forwards a translation of a letter from the Prince to Deschamps in which the former states he has written to Bombay [Mumbai] and sent an envoy to Kishm to protest against the British presence and construction works on the island. (A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as (IOR/L/PS/9/69/64).The letters were enclosed in the letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 1 September 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/75).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:
- Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)
- Geographic region:
- Kishm
Persia
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001e2_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x0001e2_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/78
IOR/L/PS/9/69/78