Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
- 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 14 Jul 1824
- Creator:
- Author: HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia
- Date:
- 1824/1824
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 7 July 1824.The letter concerns trade between the port of Bushire [Büshehr] and India, forwarding a trade report from Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/191).The letter also contains tables showing imports of Indian and European goods and imports of specie and pearls from India and Arabia to Bushire from 1817 to 1823 in new Persian rupees.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: 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:
- Trade (practice)
Political Resident - Geographic region:
- Persia
Bushire - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000252_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000252_en
IOR/L/PS/9/69/190
IOR/L/PS/9/69/190