Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication, dated 4 January 1815, from the Resident of Bushire concerning a dispute over rent between Mohummed ben Naser [Muḥammad bin Nāṣir] and Stephen Watson Henshaw, Marine Agent in the Persian Gulf. It instructs the Resident to report further o...
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 3 January 1815. In response, it informs the Resident that a monetary reward has been granted to Stephen Watson Henshaw for his service in recovering company property from the Ahmed Shah.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident dated 24 December 1814, which informed the Bombay Government that Shaik Abdil Russool Khan [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] had assumed charge of the Government at Bushire.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging a communication from the Resident, dated 1 March 1815, which informed the Bombay Government that a consignment of shawl goats was being shipped on board the Country Ship Eliza.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging receipt of a communication dated 9 April 1815, and notes that the Governor of Bombay approves of the Resident's 'proceedings' outlined in that letter.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 8 May 1815, which informed the Bombay Government of the success of Mohumud Ali Pacha's [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā] forces against the Wahabees [Wahabi].
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is informing the Resident that any charges on behalf of the British Mission to the Court of Persia should be defrayed by the Resident, and then charged to the Residency accounts.