Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter requests that the Tartar, which cannot yet sail to Bombay because of the monsoon, be sent to Basra in order to take Robert Garden to Bombay and a consignment of tin to Bushire, if they are able to sell it. The letter is dated 25 May 1766, but given the context and the information con...
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 discusses the tardiness of a boat carrying a packet from Basra to Bushire that missed the departures of the Success and the Spencer for Bombay. There is a repeat of an order to charge the Residency for the late Mr Rhoddy's expenses. Disapproval is expressed for the detention of a sloo...
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 surprise that Jervis had not reported the tense situation at Bushire due to a fear of attack by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Directions to begin a partial withdrawal from Bushire are given. There is a reprimand for employing Lewis Baretto D'Souza at Bushire, who had been char...
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 discusses the issue of some missing tin and requests that the Bushire accounts and warehouse be checked. Also discussed is the need to confirm the Company's grants with Karim Khan and the case of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a Company servant accused of spying for the Ottoman authorities in...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter reprimands the recipient for sending damaged cloth to Basra and is ordered to take it back and dispose of it himself. There is a repeat of the Presidency's order not to rupture relations with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. The sale of woollens to the Caun [Karim Khan] is discussed, as is ...
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter is concerned with the accusations made by Bowyear against Benjamin Jervis and his conduct while he was Resident at Bushire. The Agent asks for explanations and proof for a number of charges levelled at Jervis.
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
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The letter discusses the possible whereabouts of a missing express boat. It disapproves of the high cost of a public table at Bushire and sets a new limit on expenses. Requests the latest information concerning the negotiations at Shiraz.
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Shyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
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The letter gives an account of the author's attempts to get the Vackeel [Karim Khan] to lift the trade embargo on Bushire. It is reported that the ban has been imposed because of the Khan's unhappiness with Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn] and suggests that the sheikh travel to Shiraz to try and se...
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
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The letter explores the reasons for Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] ban on trade into and out of Bushire.
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
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The letter discusses the progress of negotiations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan]. It outlines the plan to withdraw from Bushire and destroy the town if the Khan doesn't agree to the Company's terms. There are the instructions to send the possessions of a French Muslim murdered in Bushire to Basra ...
