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50051. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 209
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a further request for accounts and a response to the report that some tin was missing from the shipment aboard the Tartar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1765
Extent:

1 folio

50052. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 219
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for letters from the Agent to Carem Caun [Karim Khan] and from the Ottoman Mussaleem (motasallem - governor) to Shaik Sadoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. It is reported that the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] have fled to Durack [Dowraq] and are likely to seek asylum in Persia. There is an order to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1766
Extent:

1 folio

50053. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 219v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 219v
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a letter from the Agent to Shaik Sadoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. There is a request for more frequent updates on the situation with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and a repeat of the order for Benjamin Jervis to depart for Bombay before the monsoon, to be replaced by William Bowyear.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1766
Extent:

1 folio

50054. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 235
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to dispatch the Eagle to Bombay as soon as it arrives at Bushire, with John Sebastian Natter on board.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1767
Extent:

1 folio

50055. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 248v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 248v
Title:
Letter from Joseph Sherman, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request to return to Bombay due to severe illness.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1767
Extent:

1 folio

50056. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for a letter (not enclosed) to Karim Khan from Henry Moore. Directions for cruizers when they arrive from Bombay are given. Trading strategy is discussed, specifically the selling of broadcloth with perpets. Permission to open the late William Bowyear's private letters is g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1768
Extent:

2 folios

50057. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 8v-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 8v-9
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for another for George Skipp in Shiraz (not present) and contains the news that the Turks have seized eleven of Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] boats at Basra and the Bombay, Tyger, and Wolf ships had failed in an attempt to seize more of the Mīr's gallivats (a type of large b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1768
Extent:

2 folios

50058. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 12v-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 12v-13
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont and William Lewis, his assistants, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for copies of commands from Bombay (not present) and duplicates of previous letters (not present).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

50059. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 19v-21v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 19v-21v
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, in Schiras [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter gives details of the author's negotiations with the Vackeel [Karim Khan] and the Sheikhs of Bushire over promised assistance for the attack on Carrack [Kharg] Island and expresses his frustrations with what he sees as the Khan's capriciousness.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1768
Extent:

3 folios

50060. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 22v-23v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 22v-23v
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, in Schyras [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter describes how Karim Khan yet again gave the author assurances the he will assist the English in their attack on Carrack [Kharg] Island with 7000 men under the command of his half-brother, Zackey Caun [Zāki Khan Zand], and then yet again went back on those assurances. Skipp expresses hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1768
Extent:

2 folios

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