Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Sir Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
IOR/L/PS/9/68/219
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 29 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 29 December 1819. The letter concerns communications between Willock and the ministers of the Court of the Shah of Persia regarding the planned British expedition, of which Grant Keir is a commander, to the Persian Gulph [ 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, including those on the Persian coast (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/209); the letter encloses two of these communications (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/220-221). Willock details the Persian refusal to allow British military operations against ports on the Persian coast, but indicates that the expedition may still follow its orders regarding the ports on the Persian coast, as no defence capable of resisting British troops is anticipated.
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 31 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/218), which was received on 20 April 1820.
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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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- 29 Dec 1819 (CE, Gregorian)
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- HM Chargé d'Affaires to PersiaWilliam Grant
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Sir Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir
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- 1r, 1r:3v
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