Abstract: The item consists of correspondence relating to British policy in Persia [Iran]. The correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia in Tehran. The main focus of the papers is the question of whether to provide the requested arms and officers for the use of Mahomed Ali Mirza [Muḥammad-‘Alī Mīrzā Dawlatšāh], the Prince of Kermanshah.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 26 May 1810. The letter reports a meeting with Mohammed Ali Mirza [Muhammad ‘Ali Mīrzā Dowlatshāh], the Prince-Governor of Kermanshāh. Willock remonstrates with the Prince-Governor for protecting Kelb Ali Khan [Kalb ‘Ali Khān], a local chief who had allegedly killed two British officers, Captain Grant and Cornet Fotheringham, on the road from Bagdad [Baghdad] to Isfahan during an 1810 route survey ordered by John Malcolm; and for intercepting East India Company 'Tartars' [couriers] passing through his territory.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 May 1820.Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translation of a letter from the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran] to the King of Great Britain [King George IV], undated.The letter affirms friendship with Britain and discusses the death of Muhammad ‘Ali Mīrzā Dowlatshāhī, Prince-Governor of Kermānshāh.The letter was enclosed 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 4 May 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/88).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 15 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 20 May 1819. Matters relating to relations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire are discussed, including:The refusal of the Pacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad] to pay the annual tribute to Persia, and the dispatch of a Persian agent to Bagdad following rumours of the counterfeiting of Persian currency thereThe interference of the Prince of Kermanshah, Mahomed Ali Mirza [Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā Dawlatshāh], in events in Bagdad, where there is a dispute between the Pacha and a discontented chief, Mahomed Pacha [Maḥmūd Pāshā], detailed in a letter from the Prince to the Persian Foreign Minister, Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, a translation of which is enclosed (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/197)The role of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, ‘Abbās Mīrzā, in restoring the Pacha [Pasha] of Van to his position.The dispatch was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/195), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 9 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 14 February 1820. The letter encloses a copy of an official note from Willock to the ministers of the Court of the Shah of Persia concerning the murder of Captain Grant and Cornet Fotheringham of the East India Company in 1810 by an individual in the employ of the Prince-Governor of Kermanshah (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/230).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 24 February 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/228), which was received on 13 July 1820.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)