Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
IOR/L/PS/9/69/19
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 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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A translation of a paper of proposals to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa’īd] by Syed Abdul Jaleel [‘Abd al-Jalīl bin Yāsīn al-Ṭabāṭabā’ī], Ambassador of the Atoobees [‘Utūb] of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The paper describes proposed terms of peace between Bahrein and Muscat, including an annual payment with the British acting as guarantors, the release of prisoners and captured boats by the Imam, and guarantees of non-aggression by the Imam and the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalhamī].
The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], 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 Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, dated 17 April 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/14].
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Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- 17 Apr 1820 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Peace treatiesPersian Gulf Campaign (1819)
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- Bahrein
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- Imam of OmanRaḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah‘Utūb (Tribe)
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- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
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- 1r:3r
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- Al-Tabataba'i, 'Abd al-Jalil bin Yasin xx Abdul Jalil, Said
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- IOR/L/PS/9/69/19
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- Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 17 Apr 1820
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- 3v:4v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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