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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/10

281. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the accounts for April 1808 and the Quick and Dead Stocks (neither of which is present). It further explains that the Resident has deferred the reductions to the sepoy's battah [batta] due to the price of goods in Bushire, pending instructions from the Government of Bombay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

282. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 113-114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 113-114
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Robert Thomas Goodwin, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter comprises a report on the state of the factory at Bushire. It also explains that due to the condition of the factory, he does not feel able to provide an estimate for the cost of maintaining it, but believes that current circumstances are not sustainable. Furthermore, it discusses the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

283. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 114-115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 114-115
Title:
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 an acknowledgement of the receipt of letters dated 15 February and 28 March 1808.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

284. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 115-116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 115-116
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter the Resident informs Francis Warden of General John Malcolm's arrival at Bushire on 12 May 1808.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

285. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 117-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 117-118
Title:
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 the receipt of twelve watches from the Civil Pay Master for the Commander of the Wexford.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1808
Extent:

2 folios

286. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 118-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 118-120
Title:
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 forwarding translations of various communications and confirms that Zoraub Beg arrived at Bushire with the Prince's Fermaud [Firman] dated 22 May 1808. Five enclosures: 1. A translation of a Firmaun [Firman] from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince at Shiraz to Nicholas Hankey Smith, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1808
Extent:

3 folios

287. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 120-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 120-121
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is being written by the Resident under the instructions of Brigadier-General John Malcolm. The letter outlines the General's immediate plans for when he departs Bushire and explains that the King of Persia is at present too intertwined with the French to be easily separated from them....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1808
Extent:

2 folios

288. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 122-123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 122-123
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Governor of Bombay that Captain Charles Pasley has left for Bussorah [Basra] with the fleet and has invested William Bruce with the charge of the office of Political Resident.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1808
Extent:

2 folios

289. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 124-127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 124-127
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a range of correspondence and a list of these items included in the margin; only the three letters listed below are transcribed in this volume. The correspondence is intended to outline the state of local affairs since Captain Charles Pasley's departure. Three enclosure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1808
Extent:

4 folios

290. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter outlines shipping movements and communications into and out of Bushire. William Bruce provides an update on the Persian troops that are arriving at Bushire to garrison the coast, mentions that Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] is in a critical situation at Sheraz [Shiraz] and that t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1808
Extent:

2 folios

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