Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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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...
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...
Letter from George Skipp, in Bussora [actually Shiraz*], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a packet (not present) to be forwarded on to the Agency at Basra. *Although it is written that the letter originated from Bussora [Basra], it is known that George Skipp was in Shiraz at this time. There is evidence in the letter itself with its request for things to be f...
Letter from George Skipp, in Shyrass [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
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The letter informs that Skipp has drawn a loan from the Residency at Bushire to be debted to the Agency at Basra. There is also a request for copies of the original grants given by the Vackeel (Karim Khan) to the East India Company in 1763 to be sent to him in Shiraz.
Letter from George Skipp, in Schyras [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
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The letter is another request for the commanders of the expedition against Kharg Island to sign an 'arzee' (petition) requesting the assistance of the Vackeel's [Karim Khan] forces.
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont, his assistant, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the exchange of letters and supplies and deals mainly with the expedition against Carrack [Kharg] Island, stressing the need for communication between all sites.
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and his assistant, James Beaumont, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the danger posed to the Bushire factory during the current political and social unrest and whether there is a need to reduce the stock they hold there in case of attack.
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and his assistant, John Beaumont, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter expresses the author's pessimism about the likelihood of the English receiving assistance from the Caun [Karim Khan] for the expedition against Carrack [Kharg] Island, and outlines what to do should it not materialise. The order to lessen the Company's stock at Bushire is repeated, in...
