Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of orders dated 2 May 1807 and a response to queries regarding the Residency's accounts and use of funds.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of a letter of May 1807 (the precise date is obscured). The Resident also encloses the quick and dead stocks (not present) for January-April 1807.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a refusal by the Resident at Bussora [Basra] to fulfill the Resident at Bushire's request for a cruizer and his refusal to accept private trading vessels as an alternative.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is a reply to a communication dated 5 May 1807. It concerns the payment of expenses towards repairing the Soliman Shaw for Shaik Abdul Russool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] and copies of letters from Aga Mahomed [Āghā Muḥammad] that the Shaik wishes to have forwarded to the Government i...
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding two Persian papers (not present) at the request of Shiek Adbul Russool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], who desires to have the accounts relating to the repairs of the Soliman Shaw settled by Aga Mahomed [Āghā Muḥammad]. The dates of the surrounding correspondence suggest t...
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is explaining the risks of loss that the Resident had to factor in with drafting his last letter, as a result of it being conveyed via a cossid and notes that no cruiser has yet arrived from Bombay.
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 a letter (not present) from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz].