Abstract: A translation of a letter from the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa’īd] to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, undated. The letter concerns the Imam’s peace negotiations with Syed Abdul Jaleel [‘Abd al-Jalīl bin Yāsīn al-Ṭabāṭabā’ī], Ambassador of the Atoobees [‘Utūb] of Bharein [Bahrain], and forwards a copy of the proposed peace terms [IOR/L/PS/9/69/20].The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 17 April 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/14].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translation of a paper of proposals to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa’īd] by Syed Abdul Jaleel [‘Abd al-Jalīl bin Yāsīn al-Ṭabāṭabā’ī], Ambassador of the Atoobees [‘Utūb] of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The paper describes proposed terms of peace between Bahrein and Muscat, including an annual payment with the British acting as guarantors, the release of prisoners and captured boats by the Imam, and guarantees of non-aggression by the Imam and the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalhamī].The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 17 April 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/14].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Tehran and dated 10 May 1820. Willock reports his conversations with the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and Persian Ministers regarding British policy in the Gulf and desired concessions from Persia. Subjects covered include: the proposed cession of an island for a British base in the Gulf; the claim of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa’īd] to Kishmee [Qeshm]; an offer of British mediation to make Bahrein [Bahrain] tributary to Persia; and measures against ‘piracy’ originating from Persian ports, including the appointment of a Darogha [inspector] and the expulsion of the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], while refusing foreign intervention in these ports.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 20 May 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/21].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.