Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
IOR/L/PS/9/68/215
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 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 a letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, of 23 December 1819. The letter concerns the planned British expedition, of which Grant Keir is a commander, to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to attack the Juwasemees [al- Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] and their allies, and communicates Willock’s expectation of receiving from the Persian Government their acquiescence to the expedition attacking ports on the Persian coast accused by the British of piracy. The letter also reports the offence taken by the Persians at not being fully consulted about the expedition and cautions against the apathy of the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz] towards the expedition.
The letter was enclosed in Willock’s dispatch No. 31 to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 26 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/209).
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- 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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- 23 Dec 1819 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
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- 1r:3v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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