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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 49v-50
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to the Earl of Moira, President and Governor General in Council, Fort William
Scope & Content:: Letter relates to payments due from the Supreme Government to Aga Mahomed Ismail, son of the late Hajee Kuleil Khan [Haji Khalil Khan].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Dec 1813
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 54v-55
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Tehran, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter acknowledges the receipt of letters on the subject of Persia's desire to gain possession of Bahrain. William Bruce states that while Persia has long had ambitions to possess Bahrain, it lacks the necessary naval power to do so.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Mar 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 56v-59
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Tehran, to His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:: Letter reports on Bruce's visit to Shiraz, where he sought to negotiate adjustments to the accounts of Mahomed Neblee Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire], in order to secure his release from confinement by the Persian Government. Includes a list of proposed adjustments to Mahome...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Mar 1814
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 67v-68
Title:: Letter from James Orton, Assistant Surgeon in Charge of the Bushire Residency, to Captain James Jeakes, Commander of the Mornington
Scope & Content:: Letter acknowledges the receipt of 325 boxes of muskets from the Mornington and provides a list for an accompanying packet, which is to be forwarded on board the Mornington to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay. The letter is preceded by the aforementioned list.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 1813
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 68v-71
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Earl of Moira, President and Governor General in Council
Scope & Content:: Letter relates to William Bruce's role in negotiating adjustments to the accounts of Mohomed Nebbe Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire]. Bruce provides details of Mohomed Nebbe Khan's case, and reports that the Prince at Shiraz has promised that Mohomed Nebbe Khan and his family ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 May 1814
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 71-72
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter relates to William Bruce's recent work in Shiraz, where he negotiated adjustments to the accounts of Mahomed Nebbe Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire]. Includes the following enclosure: a copy of a translation of a royal firmaun [firman] from the King of Persia [Fat'h Ali...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 May 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 80v-81
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter concerns the cost of repairs to the factory at Bushire. Includes an enclosed letter, dated 18 May 1814, from William Bruce to John Kaye, Accountant General, Bombay, which makes the case for the repairs, and suggests that a monthly sum be set aside for the purpose of keeping the factory in ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 May 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 82v-83
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter reports the recent arrival at Bushire of an emissary named Vincent Maurice, who is employed by the French Agent at Bussora [Basra]. Bruce states that he has written to Lieutenant [Charles J] Maillard, Commander of the Prince of Wales, on which Maurice is a passenger, to inform Maillard of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 May 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 84v-85
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter discusses the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd]'s second expedition against the Joasemiis [Qawāsim]. William Bruce states that the Imam has the support of the Beni Yass [Bani Yas] tribe, and Sultaun Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]. Includes a copy of a translation of a letter, ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 May 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 86v-87
Title:: Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to General John Abercromby, President and Governor in Council, Fort St George
Scope & Content:: Letter concerns the financial claim of Jafer Ali Khan, son of the late Nawab Hossain Ali Khan of Massulipatnam [Machilipatnam]. Abercromby's name has been written as 'Abercrombie' in this letter.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jun 1814
Extent:: 2 folios

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