Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Sudr Aazim [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī, Sadr-e ’Azam or Prime Minister of Persia], undated.In response to the Prime Minister’s note of 12 December (IOR/L/PS/9/69/48), Willock asks that the Prince of Sherauz [Shīrāz] [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] delays the despatch of an envoy to India to discuss Gulf affairs until news has been received from the British Government in India.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 (2 folios)
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 translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 10 December 1820.The letter announces that an envoy will be sent by the Prince of Sherauz [Shīrāz] [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] to India to discuss Gulf affairs, and asks Willock to provide the envoy with the necessary documents.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 (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 2 February 1820. The letter reports an exchange in Bushire with the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah]. Bruce warns Rahmah against further acts of ‘piracy’ in the Gulf and reports Rahmah’s plans to join an expedition by the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] to Bahrein [Bahrain].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 Duchamp, Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Kishm and dated 13 March 1821.The letter forwards a letter from the Prince of Shīrāz [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] regarding the occupation of Kishm by British troops (IOR/L/PS/9/69/64), and relays reports that the Prince is amassing troops and ships.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 31 May 1821.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Major Duchamp (or Deschamps), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], sent from Tehran and dated 30 May 1821.The letter reports orders given by the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to strengthen the frontier on the Gulf coast. It also covers Persian relations with Muscat in relation to the British military presence on Kishm [Qeshm] and a threat by the Prince of Shiraz [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] to terminate the lease of Persian territories to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 31 May 1821.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: An abstract of correspondence dated November-December 1808 relating to the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], and the contemporary diplomatic situation in Persia in the context of the Russo-Persian War (1804-13) and Napoleonic Wars. Topics covered in the correspondence include:Arrangements for Jones's onward travel from Bushire [Būshehr] to Shirauz [Shirāz]Jones's request to Captain Charles Pasley for information regarding any undertakings made by Pasley or Brigadier-General Malcolm, who are also in Persia representing the Governor-General, to Persian ministersA purchase of arms and artillery by the King [Shah] of Persia which is awaiting deliveryFrench influence in the country, including intelligence from the Persian Court regarding the fall from favour of the French mission and the movements of the French towards the Caspian, believed to be part of a military surveyDevelopments in the Russo-Persian War in the CaucasusThe inclination of the Prince of Shirauz [Prince-Governor of Fārs] towards an alliance with Britain.The correspondents are:Lord Minto, Governor-General of BengalJaaffer Aly Khan [Ja’far ‘Ali Khān], Agent in ShirauzMahomed Nubee Khan [Mohammed Nabī Khān Shirāzī]Nasr Ollah Khan [Nasr Allah Khān Qaraguzlu], Vizier of the Prince of Shirauz.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabriz and dated 15 October 1822.The letter forwards Willock’s correspondence with the Umeen ed Dawlat [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn al-Dawlah] concerning the reinforcement of the British forces occupying Kishm [Qeshm] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/122-123). It also forwards a copy of an agreement between William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], and the Government of Fārs at Shīrāz allowing for the occupation of an island in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to prevent 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 26 December 1819. The letter concerns the planned British expedition, of which Grant Keir is a commander, to the Persian Gulf to attack the al-Qawasim and their allies, including those on the Persian coast (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/209). The letter encloses a copy of a firman [order] from the Shah of Persia to the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz], Hussein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā], detailing the measures he is to adopt in aiding the British government (not included in this item). Willock reports that the firman offers little in the way of ‘cordial cooperation’, and indicates that he has forwarded a copy of his official note to the ministers of the Court of the Shah of 23rd December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/214) to the Prince to discourage opposition to the expedition.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 27 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/217), which was received on 20 April 1820.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, aboard HMS
Liverpool, at anchor off the Island of Kenn [Kish], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 10 February 1820. The letter concerns Keir’s communications with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz], originally enclosing:The translation of a letter from the Imaum of Muscat to Keir, dated 10 Rabī‘ II 1235 [27 January 1820] (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/258)The substance of a letter from Keir, to the Imaum of Muscat, of 10 February 1820 (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/259)The translation of a firmaum [firman, order] from the Prince of Sheeraz to Keir, dated 9 Rabī‘ I 1235 [26 December 1819] (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/260).The letter discusses these communications, and the situation in the Persian Gulf, including:The extension of the General Treaty [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf] to Bharein [Bahrain]The reciprocal agreement for the opening up of ports for trade between the Imaum of Muscat and the Joasemees [al-Qawasim]British efforts to discourage attacks on Bharein by the Imaum of Muscat and the Prince of SheerazThe suspension of Keir’s plans for operations against ports on the Persian coastThe conditions on Kenn.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 18 March 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/256), which was received on 13 July 1820.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 31 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 26 December 1819. The letter concerns the British expedition to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] against the Juwasemees [al-Qāsimī] at Ras-il-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and others accused of engaging in piracy by the British. The letter details the representations of the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], Sir Evan Nepean, to the Prince of Shiraz, Hussein Ali Mirza [Husayn Ali Mirza Firmanfima], and Willock’s representations to the Court of the Shah of Persia, concerning the prospect of offensive operations against ports on the Persian coast also accused of piracy. The letter originally enclosed four letters:Copy of a letter from the Governor of Bombay, Sir Evan Nepean, to Willock, of 9 October 1819, enclosing two additional letters (not included this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/210, 211 and 213)Minutes of a meeting between Willock and Ministers of the Court of the Shah (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/212)Copy of an official note from Willock to the Persian Ministers (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/214)Copy of a letter from Willock to Major General Sir William Grant Keir (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/215).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 26 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/208), which was received on 20 April 1820.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp at Abusheher [Būshehr] and dated 23 March 1810. The letter covers: Malcolm’s reception in Persia; the mission of Sir Harford Jones, also present in Persia as British Envoy Extraordinary, and the clash of authorities created by this; the French presence in Persia; and Malcolm’s opinion on the value of an Anglo-Persian alliance.Ensclosed with the above is a copy of a letter from Brigadier-General Malcolm to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 2 March 1810. The letter forwards various letters related to Malcom’s mission, and also covers: Malcolm’s correspondence with the Prince Regent at Shirauz [Shirāz] [Prince-Governor of Fārs] and his Vizier Mahomed Nubbee Khan [Mohammed Nabī Khān Shirāzī]; the apparent pro-French sympathies of the Crown Prince Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā]; the relationship of Malcolm's mission with that of Sir Harford Jones; and the despatch of various officers to survey routes on the frontiers of Persia.Part of the enclosure is written in code and has not been deciphered.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)