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1. IOR/R/15/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1
Title:
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1763-6 Dec 1788
Extent:
2 volumes in one slipcase (453 items (249 folios))

2. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 1-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 1-1v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter outlines Moore's current stance with regard to the disputes between Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand] and the Sheikhs of Bushire and Bahreen [Bahrain]. The fear of a Persian attack on Bushire is mentioned, Bushire's supplying of the Ormuse [Hormuz] Expedition is praised, and the visit by S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1767
Extent:

1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 2-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 2-2v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the loss of The Defiance and the wills of William Bowyear and Dymoke Lyster, both of whom died in the accident. The appointment of John Yoakly Botham as temporary assistant at Bushire is announced. Pleasure is expressed at the news of the withdrawal of Persian troops from aro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1767
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v
Title:
Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for a supply of stationery, Company accounts (not present), and an enclosed letter from Thomas Hodges, Company Governor at Bombay, to Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand], the ruler of Persia. A copy of the letter from Thomas Hodges to Karim Khan is included with this item. The le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1767
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 4-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 4-4v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses relations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan], specifically how they may have been affected by Stephen Hermit visiting Carrack (Kharg Island). The letter also sets out new rules regarding the certification for private vessels and the flying of the English flag, with a new pass syste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1767
Extent:

1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/1 f 5-5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1 f 5-5v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses recent affairs in the region, including: Shaik Sadoon's [Shaykh Sa‘dūn, of Bushire] reception at Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] court in Schiras [Shiraz] and the current dispute between the two; William Bowyear's recent death; the news that the Chaub's [Ka‘b tribe] gallivats (a t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1768
Extent:

1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 6-6v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 6-6v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives instructions to forward relevant parts of any letters received from Bombay immediately to George Skipp in Shiraz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1768
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 7-7v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 7-7v
Title:
Letter from Thomas Hodges, East India Company Governor at Bombay, and Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the information that the ships Revenge and Essex have left Bombay for Bushire, with George Green, the new Assistant Resident at Bushire, aboard the Essex.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1768
Extent:

1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 8-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 8-8v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter containing orders to send all ships that arrive from Bombay up to Bussora [Basra] after removing anything relative to Bushire or the negotiations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and to provide George Skipp with any woollens he requires at Schrass [Shiraz]. The exact date of the letter is ob...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1768
Extent:

1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 8v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 8v
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, at Schyrass [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter assures Morely that he will discuss with Shaik Nassir (Shaykh Nāsir) the matter of rent for the factory at Bushire during his stay in Shiraz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1768
Extent:

1 folio

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