Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Dr Andrew Jukes, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 10 May 1821. The letter charges Jukes with a mission to the Gulf to discuss with Persian officials the issue of Kishm [Qeshm], which is claimed by Persia [Iran] and Muscat and has been occupied by British troops. The letter contains instructions for this mission. It also addresses Persian complaints against Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr].Annexed to the letter are:A copy of a letter from George Foster Sadlier to Sir Evan Nepean, then Governor of Bombay, sent from the cruiser
Mercuryoff Muscat Cove and dated 17 May 1819. The letter reports the Imam of Muscat’s approval of the potential landing of British troops in the Imam’s territories. It also discusses the question of sovereignty over territories in the Gulf including Kishm.Copies of letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and the Prince of Shīrāz[Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] dated 12 May 1821. The letters announce Jukes’s mission to the Gulf.The letter was 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.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 12 May 1821.The letter forwards a dispatch from Commander of the British troops on Kishm [Qeshm] concerning the arrival of an envoy from the Prince of Sheraz [Shīrāz] [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] to protest the British occupation of the island (IOR/L/PS/9/69/77). It also announces the appointment of Dr Andrew Jukes as an envoy to discuss the issue of Kishm with the Persian authorities.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter 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.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820. The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a military and naval base against ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).A duplicate of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/69/27.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 26 January 1820.The letter forwards copies of instructions issued by Elphinstone to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/39-40).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820.The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a military and naval base against ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/27).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 3 October 1820.The letter concerns Anglo-Persian relations following the 1819 British campaign against ‘piracy’, in particular the occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] by British troops. It also reports the planned deployment of Indian troops to relieve the forces in the Gulf.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 February 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/56).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)