Letter No 9 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Public Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing receipts (not present) for the disbursements incurred at the Bushire Residency on behalf of the British Mission to the Court of Persia.
Letter No 17 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a translation of a firmaun [firman] from Prince Hossain Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā] regarding the property of a Persian merchant, the late Seyd Saduck seized at Calcutta. The Prince is demanding that the seized property, detailed in the letter, should be restored to its...
Letter No 20 of 1823 [sic] from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of the commands of the Bombay Government, dated 3 April 1822 (No 433 of 1822), which instructed the Resident to forward a packet to HM chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia. It notes that as per Henry Willock's instructions, dated 3 April 1822, the Resid...
Letter No 9 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of the commands of the Bombay Government (No 555 of 1822), which authorised the payment of 400 rupees to James Dow for the period he was in charge of the Bushire Residency.
Letter No 26 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a translation of a firmaun [firman] from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz], received on 4 July 1822. The firmaun urges the Resident's early compliance with his summons to Sheraz, so that he may then proceed to the Persian Court at Tehran. The letter notes that i...
Letter No 31 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, at Sheraz [Shiraz] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a translation of a firmaun [firman] from Hossain Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz], which asks the Resident to arrange for passage to India for Shaikh Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm]. The letter notes that the Resident has instructed the Linguist at Bushire to as...
Letter No 50 of 1823 [sic] from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is responding to the commands of the Bombay Government (No 1279), dated 9 September 1822, which instructed the Resident to arrange for the mutual restoration of property taken by both the Shaikh of Bahrain and Rahma bin Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir]. It also instructed him to remonstrate ...
Letter No 54 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a plan (not present) of the route taken by the Resident on his journey from Sherauz [Shiraz] to Khameer [Bandar-i Khamīr], as kept by Captain Hart.
