Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter confirming that the chiefs on both coasts of the Gulf will be warned that the East India Company is intending to take strong actions against any boats engaged in piracy. Any boats that do not heed warnings to desist may be taken possession of and brought to Bombay. The letter also explai...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Frances Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter enclosing a letter to John Adam, Secretary to the Government at Fort William, for the information of the Governor: The enclosd letter reports on a recent visit to Bushire by the Nizam-ud-Doula [Nizam ud Dowlah], during which Bruce encountered Seyd Ali, an agent recently arrived from Indi...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Joseph Phillips, Commander of the Cruiser Vestal
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Letter requesting that two sepoys be permitted to return to Bombay on board the Vestal on account of their ill health and that two sepoys from the ship's detachment be stationed at Bushire in their stead.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter confirming that thirty-one bags of specie have been shipped on board the Vestal and including an invoice detailing the different currencies making up the sum.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Hinde Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General at Bombay
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Letter acknowledging receipt of a letter dated 13 March 1815 confirming that retrenchments from disbursements will be credited in the residency account.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter acknowledging receipt of letter of 14 April 1815 regarding Nawab Abbas Koly [Quli] Khan who was robbed by Joasemee [Qasimi] pirates. Bruce reports that he has received a list of lost property from Nawab Abbas Koly Khan and has written to Hassan ben Rehma [Sheikh al-Hasan bin Rahma al'Qasi...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board at Bombay
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Letter enclosing receipt of items received from Bruce by George Forster Sadlier, Captain of the 47th regiment, and D Clarke, Deputy Commissary, for the use of the detachments returning from Persia to India.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Napean, President and Governor in Council at Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy and translation of a firman [decree] from the Prince at Shiraz to William Bruce. The letter also reports the disagreements between the acting governor of Bushire, Shaik Mohammed ben Nasser [Shaikh Muhammad bin Nasir], and Mirza Hassen [Hassan] Khan. Shaik Mohammed think...