Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Dec 1820

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A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 9 December 1820.

The note concerns Anglo-Persian relations in the Gulf following the 1819 British expedition against ‘piracy’, and protests the continuing British military presence in the Gulf.

The Ministers remonstrate with Willock regarding the entry of British ships into Persian ports without permission and the landing of British forces on Kishm [Qeshm] over Persian objections, and request Willock to order the withdrawal of the troops from the Gulf. They also condemn the actions of William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], in relation to Bahrein [Bahrain], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], and request his removal from Persia.

The note 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 26 December 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/46).

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1 item (4 folios)

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English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

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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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/9/69/47

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Dec 1820 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Persian Gulf Campaign (1819)

Places

Persian GulfPersiaCharakLingua

People & organisations

Prime Minister to the Shah of PersiaMinister for Foreign AffairsResidentPrince-Governor of FārsImam of Oman

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