Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant George Willock, 5th Madras Native Cavalry
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Lieutenant George Willock take a dispatch to the British Minister at the Court of Persia since the Vizier at Shiraz has recently stopped some letters sent by express. The letter also requests that the Chargé d'Affaires there be told about the recent events in Bushire.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department
Scope & Content:
Letter refers to promises to make efforts to reclaim property belonging to the Ceylon [Sri Lanka] government that was carried on the shipwrecked Ahmed Shah. Bruce describes his negotiations with Abdella ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] regarding parts of the ship as well as two mares t...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that a letter and gifts from the Governor [of Bombay] to Shaikh Kulfan [Shaikh Khalfan, chieftain of Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh], have been delivered. The letter and gifts were to thank him for his assistance following the shipwrecking of the Ahmed Shah on the island of Khen ...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department
Scope & Content:
Letter describes the circumstances behind, and settling of, a dispute over a house between Stephen Watson Henshaw and Mohamed ben Nasir [Muḥammed bin Nasir] , in response to a letter of complaint by the latter.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that expenditure for public asses not be recharged to his own account since they are employed to fetch water for the detachment of sepoys. The letter goes on to describe problems in obtaining drinking-water and calculations for the repayment of Bruce's overdrawn allowance.
