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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/1

421. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 197v-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 197v-198
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a complaint about a lack of communication on the affairs at Bushire. More regular updates are demanded, especially regarding privileges from Carem Caun [Karim Khan], sales of woollens, and Company accounts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1764
Extent:

2 folios

422. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 198v-199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 198v-199
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Andrew Price, Charles Waters, Samuel Court, and Cecil Bowyear, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives approval for the sale of cap tin at Bushire, but urges that either English weights be used in future or that the Tabrize Maund be fixed at 7 lbs. Also discussed are various articles of the agreement signed with Sadiq Khan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1764
Extent:

2 folios

423. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 199v-200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 199v-200
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter expresses regret that no blue and green coarse cloth can be spared or scarlet perpets. Also informs that the agent has written to Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] regarding some property stolen from the Company by his men. Repeats the request for accounts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1764
Extent:

2 folios

424. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 200-201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 200-201
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a further complaint about infrequent communication. It gives permission for two extra sepoys at Bushire due to threat of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. There is notification that Mīr Muhanna has denied knowledge of the recent theft of Company property. There is also a discussion of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1764
Extent:

2 folios

425. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 202-203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 202-203
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Hornby, William Andrew Price, Charles Waters, Cecil Bowyer, and Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is one of regular updates and correspondence between Bushire and Bombay regarding the Company's affairs in the Persian Gulf. It covers several subjects: a shipment of woollens to Bushire from Bombay, more to follow from the London, along with a supply of tin; sales strategy for Englis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1764
Extent:

1 folio

426. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 203v-204v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 203v-204v
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Robert Garden, and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter main part of the letter discusses the idea of assisting the Caun [Karim Khan] against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] following a request from Jervis for the Tartar to be sent to do so. The author argues that the coming monsoon, the condition of the vessel, and the risk of upsetting Mīr Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1765
Extent:

2 folios

427. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 204v-205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 204v-205
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the mutiny aboard the Islamabad by Arab sailors who murdered its captain and officers and stole the goods on board. The author agrees to send the Tartar to try and retrieve the stolen loot from the village of Magoo [Bandar Moghuyeh] where it is (wrongly) believed to be held....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1765
Extent:

2 folios

428. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 205v-206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 205v-206
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that the Tartar, which cannot yet sail to Bombay because of the monsoon, be sent to Basra in order to take Robert Garden to Bombay and a consignment of tin to Bushire, if they are able to sell it. The letter is dated 25 May 1766, but given the context and the information con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1765
Extent:

2 folios

429. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 206v-207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 206v-207
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter reports the loss of a snow under Captain Phillips, a Company yacht, and the expected loss of the Fort William, all to the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b]. It is requested that the Tartar be sent to Basra from Bushire immediately, and that it give convoy to any vessels travelling to Basra.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1765
Extent:

2 folios

430. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 207v-208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 207v-208
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reprimand for using the Company yacht to help blockade Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Corgo [Khargu] instead of returning it to Basra loaded with barley, as ordered. There is a request for the price of tin at Bushire as they have been advised to send it to Bagdat [Baghdad]. Also c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1765
Extent:

2 folios

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