Copy of Dispatch No. 9 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
IOR/L/PS/9/68/229
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1820. 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. 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 A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). 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 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 24 February 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/228), which was received on 13 July 1820.
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Copy of Dispatch No. 9 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/229, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000174> [accessed 29 August 2024]
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- Copy of Dispatch No. 9 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
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- 1r:2v
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