Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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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 ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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Letter informs Nepean of the King of Persia [Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar]'s request for 500 plates of looking glass, which he intends to use to line the walls of his palace.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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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, ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter provides details, obtained from the Broker at Muscat, of a proposal made by Mohamed ben Solama [Muhammad bin Salama] to the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd]. The proposal, which apparently was rejected by the Imam of Muscat, would have required Muscat to furnish the Wahabee [Waha...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to General John Abercromby, President and Governor in Council, Fort St George
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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.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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Letter states that William Bruce has persuaded the commander and agents of the Ahmed Shah to alter the ship's intended voyage so that it can transmit a packet directly to Bombay.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter states that a consignment of gum ammoniacum [gum ammoniac] has been shipped on the Ahmed Shah as a replacement for the quantity that was lost on board the Duncan in January 1813. Includes an invoice for sixty bales of gum.