Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Oct 1822
IOR/L/PS/9/69/125
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The record is made up of 1 item (5 folios). It was created in Sep 1822. 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 copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Shiraz and dated 3 September 1822.
The letter reports events at the Court 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 Fars [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Farmānfarmā], in particular Bruce’s conclusion of an agreement with the Government of Fars (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124). It also discusses Bruce’s proposed lease of a British cruiser to Persia [Iran] and a likely expedition from Fars against Bahrein [Bahrain].
The agreement was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, 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 15 October 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/121).
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- Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Oct 1822
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