Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Camp Rasal Khyma, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
IOR/L/PS/9/68/226
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 15 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 Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Camp Rasal Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 15 December 1819. The letter concerns the British expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to attack the 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, whom the British have accused of piracy. The letter reports the capture of Rasal Khyma by the British, and gives an account of the unconditional surrender of the 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 the subsequent submission of other powerful independent rulers along the coast.
The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of 17 January 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/225).
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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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- 15 Dec 1819 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Copy of a Letter from Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, at Camp Rasal Khyma, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
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- 1r:2v
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