Abstract: This volume consists of one item which contains copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and Bengal. The item is:IOR/F/4/651/17855 ‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee [al-Qasimi] pirates in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]’, Vol. 6.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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 22 January 1822.Following the death of Dr Andrew Jukes during a mission to Persia, the letter reports Willock’s assumption of Jukes’s mission to obtain the approval of Persian officials for the occupation of Kishm [Qeshm] by British forces, and forwards his correspondence with Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī, Foreign Minister of Persia] on the subject (IOR/L/PS/9/69/80-85). The letter reports the refusal of the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to accept the occupation. It also covers the re-appointment of William Bruce as Resident of Bushire [Būshehr] and the claim of the Imam of Muscat to Kishm.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/79).Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 29 January 1820.The letter instructs Keir to leave a garrison on Kishma [Qeshm] and advises him on how to deal with objections from the Persian [Iranian] Government.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].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 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)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Captain Thomas Thompson, Commander of the British troops on Kishma [Qeshm], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Muscat and dated 13 October 1821.The letter reports the transfer of six companies of British troops from Deristan [Dayrestān] camp on Kishma to Muscat in order to assist the Imam against reported acts of ‘piracy’ in the area. It also describes a visit to Muscat by Persian envoys, during which the subject of the British presence on Kishma was discussed.The extract was enclosed in Willock’s letter to Joseph Dart, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 8 February 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/60).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 12 December 1821.The letter reports Willock’s assumption of the mission of Andrew Jukes to Persia following Jukes’s death. It addresses the issue of the British occupation of Kishma [Qeshm] as a base against ‘piracy’, and expresses hope that William Bruce will be permitted to return to his post as Resident at Bushire [Būshehr].The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/81).Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, of 10 March 1820. The letter concerns the British aim of establishing a base in the Persian Gulf from which to suppress ‘piracy’ following the British expedition against the al-Qawasim and their allies, with a particular interest in the island of Kishma [Qeshm], over which the Persian Government disputes sovereignty with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. Willock details his communications with the Persian Ministers on the subject, in absence of the Shah, who is at Kashan. He also relates the Persian concerns regarding British expansion into the Gulf, and offers proposals for inducing the Persians to acquiesce to a British base on Kishma.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 March 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/254), which was received on 13 July 1820.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Joseph Dart, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tehran and dated 8 February 1821.The letter forwards an extract of a dispatch from Captain Thomas Thompson, Commander of the British troops on Kishma [Qeshm] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/61).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)