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 Tehran and dated 18 October 1824.The letter concerns reports that the French Ambassador in Constantinople [Istanbul] has made overtures to the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] for the renewal of the alliance between France and Persia and the opening of a French Consulate in Tabreez [Tabrīz], and forwards related correspondence (IOR/L/PS/9/69/231-234).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 18 October 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/222).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)