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Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 Jul 1820 [‎2v] (4/8)

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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 1 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 copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Baroda [Vadodara] and dated 1 April 1820.

The letter instructs Willock to solicit the Persian Government for the concession of Kenn [Kīsh] as a military and naval base against ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.

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 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 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/27).

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Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 Jul 1820
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