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451. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 241v-242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 241v-242
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter explores the reasons for Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] ban on trade into and out of Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1767
Extent:

2 folios

452. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 242v-243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 242v-243
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Schiras [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the current difficulty of getting letters overland to and from Bushire and instructs that messengers take no letters other than those from the Company, to prevent hold-ups.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

453. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 243-244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 243-244
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter examines Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and his position in the Gulf, especially relations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan]. The idea of an alliance with the Mīr and a settlement on Carrack [Kharg] is discussed. The Khan's fleet is also defined and reasons given for destroying it.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

454. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 244v-245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 244v-245
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Schyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Vackeel [Karim Khan] is not agreeing to the terms so far put to him. He has advised the English to withdraw from Bushire as he cannot guarantee their safety while there is an ongoing dispute between himself and Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. A postscript follows stati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

455. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 245v-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 245v-248
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the progress of negotiations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan]. It outlines the plan to withdraw from Bushire and destroy the town if the Khan doesn't agree to the Company's terms. There are the instructions to send the possessions of a French Muslim murdered in Bushire to Basra ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1767
Extent:

4 folios

456. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 248v-249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 248v-249
Title:
Letter Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for others to Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and George Skipp (neither present). There is an order to advise the Company broker at Muscat, Narrotum, of the current unstable situation so that he may alert ships coming up the Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1767
Extent:

2 folios

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