Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter expresses disapproval at the lack of information given in Jervis' previous letter. It discusses the case of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a former Company employee at Basra who was charged with spying for the Ottoman authorities. An explanation is asked for as to why he was allowed to disemb...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter is cover for copies of commands from the Court of Directors in London (not present).
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter approves of Bowyear's assertion that interference in local government should be avoided and expresses surprise that his predecessor, Benjamin Jervis, attempted to have the Sheikh of Bushire removed from power. There is a request for a missing account and notification that John Sebasti...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter is cover for two packets from London for the Presidency at Bengal. There are instructions for what to do should this boat miss the Four Friends at Bushire.
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter informs that the account books received from Bushire were for 1764 rather than 1766 as requested. There is acknowledgement of reports of trouble in Carmenia [Kirmān Province]. Various cloth types that are surplus at Bushire are discussed, specifying whether they are needed at Basra or...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter reports that Carem Caun [Karim Khan] has declared the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] his subjects and warned the Turks to leave his dominions. Following this is the instruction to send surplus cash at Bushire to Basra in case the Khan turns hostile to the Company. There is approval for the purchas...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter gives approval for a purchase of Carmenia wool and acknowledges the report that Carem Caun [Karim Khan] has presented the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] with gifts. It is suspected that the Ottoman authorities may have intercepted a letter to the Agency at Basra.
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter covers a packet from London for the Presidency in Bombay with instructions for how to get it there.
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter instructs that no money should be advanced for the purchase of Carmenia wool and discusses the types of wool popular in Europe. There are further instructions not to accept silk from the Caun [Karim Khan] as payment for English cloth until advice on the matter comes from Company super...
Letter from Rice Amhud Shaw [Ra’īs Amhud Shah], Karim Khan's agent in Bushire, to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter briefly discusses affairs between the Turks and the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b]. It advises that an English representative be sent to the Khan's court in Shiraz and gives assurances of friendship and that any Company property held by the Ka‘b will be returned to them.
