Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of a communication (not present) that the Resident has received from Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], dated 10 April 1808.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a letter dated 25 January or February giving cover to a letter from the Advocate General concerning the detention of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān's vessel.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Monckton, Persian Secretary to Government, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of a letter dated 14 March 1808, enclosing a letter (not present) addressed to His Royal Highness Merza Hoessyne Allee [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā].
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 is conveying the Resident's impression that the arrival of General John Malcolm has been highly anticipated across Persia and also gives credit to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] for services rendered.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Auditor, Civil Accounts, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of an audit for the Resident's disbursements for December 1807 and January 1808. The Resident's reply concerns charges he has made to acquire furniture for the factory and the payment of Jaffer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] pension.