Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Koordan, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Date:
1825/1825
Description:
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Koordan [Kordan or Kurdan], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 2 July 1825. The letter concerns the mission to Persia of the Commissaire-Ordonnateur (Financial Commissary) of the French Establishments in India and Envoy of the King of France to Persia, the Vicomte Desbassayns de Richemont, including:Commercial arrangements between France and PersiaThe right of French ships to enter Persian portsThe ill health of the Vicomte DesbassaynsThe financial and political interests of Russia in the introduction of the French into Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 July 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/25).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)