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1. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 87-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 87-88
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Captain David Seton, Resident at Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns intercepted correspondence from two French officers, known to be travelling through the region, that have been intercepted and forwarded to Captain John Ferrier.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1808
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 11A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 11A
Title:
List of Bills for the Purchase of Gifts
Scope & Content:
A list of bills, which includes bill numbers and month of issue.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Jul 1807
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 122 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 122 2
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding disbursements and accounts (not present) for the Bushire Residency for May and June 1808. It further notes that a bill from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] has gone missing.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1808
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 143
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the accounts, disbursements and batta payments (not present) for the Bushire Residency for August 1808.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1808
Extent:

1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3v
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns contradictory intelligence received from Mahomed Nebee Khan and the Persian Court concerning a military engagement which has taken place between the French and the Russians. The Resident favours the account provided by Mahomed Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] which claims the French...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 36
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Hind, Acting Resident, Bagdad [Baghdad]
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of intelligence received dated 20 July 1807. It notes that the Resident believes that the French will have made some sort of provision for the Persians in their peace agreement with the Russians and that he desires to find out more. It also notes that the Resident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1807
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 50 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 50 2
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a communication dated 5 September 1807. In response it encloses extracts from the General Books of the Residency 1806/07 and a receipt of woollens from the HCC Mornington.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1807
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 73
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a communication dated 11 December 1807.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 75 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 75 1
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of communications dated 17 and 28 December 1807. The reply is very brief and concerns unspecified regulations that have been brought to the Resident's attention.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 folio