Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings
IOR/L/PS/9/68/200
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 24 May 1819. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings, of 24 May 1819. The letter details the decision of the Shah of Persia to renounce his pretensions to the sovereignty of Bahrein [Bahrain] as detailed in Willock’s Dispatch No. 8 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/199). The letter also details the belief of the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], William Bruce, that the Persians suspect that the British wish to possess Bahrein for themselves.
The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 25 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/198), which was received on 28 August 1819.
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Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/200, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000157> [accessed 4 October 2024]
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- Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings
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- 1r:2v
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