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81. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is notification that a sloop is in poor condition and is being sent to Basra with the Fort William, which is loaded with barley.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1765
Extent:

1 folio

82. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74-74v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74-74v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter questions a couple of rumours from various sources. The first that Sheikh Soliman of the Ka‘b tribe has taken an English sloop and Captain Phillips of the Sally. The second that a fleet of Company ships has arrived at Muscat with the mission of retrieving the lost treasure of the Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1765
Extent:

1 folio

83. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a follow up to the previous one of the 20 July 1765 [IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 74v-75] and contains the news that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] is heading to Schirass for the summer, and the unconfirmed reports that the Sally has been taken by the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] and a fleet of Company ships h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1765
Extent:

1 folio

84. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76-76v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76-76v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the confirmed report that the Sally has been taken by the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] and new reports that the Fort William has been taken too. Whether to take action is discussed, as well as what ships are available for this purpose.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

85. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 1
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Captain Andrew Nesbitt, of the Eagle
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to take the Eagle up to Bussora [Basra] to replace those recently lost to the Banu Ka‘b.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

86. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to the Commander in Chief of the Honourable Company's Cruizers in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to proceed to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the recent loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Banu Ka‘b.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

87. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77-77v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77-77v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives reasons for the detaining of a sloop at Bushire and tells of the expectation that merchants will arrive from Schirass [Shiraz] soon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1765
Extent:

1 folio

88. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] has not yet fulfilled his contract to buy woollens from the Company for his army.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

89. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is an explanation that the tin sent to Bussora [Basra] was all weighed and correct when it left Bushire, and suggests that any missing might have been stolen when landed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1765
Extent:

1 folio

90. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 80
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for some accounts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1765
Extent:

1 folio