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 is cover for a packet for George Skipp at Shiraz and gives orders to provide convoy for all ships travelling north to Bussora [Basra] and south to Cape Verdistan (headland 80 miles SSW of Bushire) due to the threat of attack from Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] gallivats. The cost of a t...
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 is cover for a packet for George Skipp in Schyrass [Shiraz] and outlines the plan to withdraw him from that place and the fleet from Carrack [Kharg] Island should the Caun [Karim Khan] not send troops to assist the English expedition within fifteen days, or pay the Company to keep the...
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and his assistants, John Beaumont and William Lewis, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for another for George Skipp in Shiraz (not present) and Carim Caun [Karim Khan] (a copy is present). The letter explains that George Skipp is being ordered to depart Shiraz immediately. Enclosed letter (undated): from Henry Moore to Karim Khan. The letter discusses the ongo...
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 covers a number of subjects: orders for the deployment of ships and men following the expedition against Kharg; whether John Botham should still receive payment for housing and as reader of Divine Service even though he was absent on duty with the expedition; the punishment of an Arab...
Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request for the delay in forwarding a letter from the Bombay Presidency to Jaafer Khan [Ja‘far Khan Zand] until the former receives a letter from Basra on the subject. The reasons will be given in time.
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to George Skipp, at Schirass [Shiraz]
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request to raise a number of issues during his negotiations with the Caun [Karim Khan]. These are concerned with trade in Bushire, particularly Carmenia wool. He is also asked to look into the raw silk trade while in Shiraz.
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives news of an attack on a messenger by the Tankseer [Tangesir] people between Bushire and Shiraz. Also discussed is the fleet at Bushire and Bahreen [Bahrain], some of which formed Nadir Shah's old navy, with the question of who it belongs to.
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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* The letter is dated 13 July 1768, but this is almost certainly a mistake and should read 13 July 1767. The letter is a response to the idea of an alliance with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and moving the factory to Carrack [Kharg Island]. It is argued that it would anger the Caun [Karim Khan]. ...
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to George Skipp, at Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request to try and obtain an order from the Caun [Karim Khan] for the Bushire Sheikhs to assist in the expedition to Carrack [Kharg Island], as it is reported that they are refusing to provide the necessary boats.
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Edward Nugent, Commander in Chief of the Company's Military in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is an order to send a detachment of sepoys aboard the Eagle and to proceed to Bombay via Bussora [Basra].
