Abstract: A translation of a Firman [edict] from Hossein Ali Meerza Mirza [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Sheraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, received at Bushire [Būshehr] 18 March 1820. The Prince remonstrates with Keir about the burning of vessels from the ports of Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charack [Bandar-e Chārak], the persecution of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalhamī] who is now in the employ of the Prince, and the failure to provide warships for an expedition to Bahrein [Bahrain] as the Prince had previously requested.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 Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Tehran and dated 16 March 1820. The letter reports the Persian Court’s muted reaction to the destruction of ‘pirate’ vessels from Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], asserting that Grant should continue in his mission against ‘piracy’ originating from Persian ports.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 19 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/10].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.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Persian Ministers [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī, Sadr-e ‘Azam or Prime Minister, and Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī, Mu’tamid al-Dawla or Foreign Minister], sent from Tehran and dated 12 December 1820.In response to the ministers’ note received on 9 December (IOR/L/PS/9/47), Willock defends British actions and continuing military presence in the Gulf following the 1819 expedition against ‘piracy’.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain Thomas Thompson, Commander of the British troops on Kishmee [Qeshm], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from camp at Deristan [Dayrestān] on Kishmee and dated 7 September 1820.The letter reports the landing of troops on Kishmee following the destruction and evacuation of Ras il Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], and assesses the suitability of the island as a military base. It also reports the view of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat on the British occupation of Kishmee and his rejection of Persian claims to the island.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/54].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 9 December 1820.The note concerns Anglo-Persian relations in the Gulf following the 1819 British expedition against ‘piracy’, and protests the continuing British military presence in the Gulf.The Ministers remonstrate with Willock regarding the entry of British ships into Persian ports without permission and the landing of British forces on Kishm [Qeshm] over Persian objections, and request Willock to order the withdrawal of the troops from the Gulf. They also condemn the actions of William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], in relation to Bahrein [Bahrain], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], and request his removal from Persia.The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from HMS
Curlewoff the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 20 February 1820. The letter concerns ‘piracy’ on the Persian [Iranian] shore of the Gulf. Bruce describes the relations of the Persian ports Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], Magoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh] and Towoona [Bandar-e Tahūneh] with Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], and acts of ‘piracy’ originating from Charrack and Lingua against British vessels.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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain Collier to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from HMS
Liverpooloff the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 21 February 1820. The letter assesses the islands of Kishmee [Qeshm] and Kenn as a potential British base in the Persian Gulf, discussing navigability and availability of supplies.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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS
Liverpooloff the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 21 February 1820. The letter contains a report on the islands of Kishmee [Qeshm] and Kenn which evaluates the islands as potential British commercial and military bases in the Persian Gulf, discussing the navigability, availability of supplies, and population of the islands. Keir advises against establishing a base on Kishmee, instead recommending Kenn, and proposes that the island should be acquired from the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Charak [Bandar-e Chārak].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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS
Liverpooloff the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 24 February 1820. Following his suppression of ‘piracy’ on the Arab shore of the Gulf, Grant addresses the Persian [Iranian] shore. Subjects covered in the letter include: acts of ‘piracy’ originating from Persian ports including Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Mogoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh], and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh]; relations of Persian ports with the Joasmees [al-Qawāsim]; the return of Keir’s troops to India and the forces required in the event of hostilities on the Persian coast; the question of pursuing the ‘pirate’ Ramah ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah]; and the participation of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa’īd] in the proposed expedition to Bharein [Bahrain] of the Prince of Sheraz [Husayn 'Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs].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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A report on the island of Qeis or Kenn [Kīsh] compiled by John McNeil from information gathered from inhabitants of the island and the adjacent Persian [Iranian] coast, undated. The report examines the relations of nearby Persian ports, in particular Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], with the Joasmees [al-Qawāsim] and Wahabees [Wahhabis], the Persian Government at Sheraz [Shīrāz], and Muscat. It contains tables displaying the strength in men and boats of Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh], Magoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh], Charrack, Kelaht or Ghelaht [Kalāt], and Taonah [Bandar-e Tahūneh] and their dependencies, and the names of ruling Shaiks [Shaikhs].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 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.