Letter from Claudius James Rich, Bagdad [Baghdad] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging receipt of a communication dated 14 May 1817 and discussing the donation of public money at an unidentified individual's tomb.
Translation of a firman from His Majesty the King of Persia to His Royal Highness the Prince of Fars
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The firman regards the arrival of an ambassador to Russia within the province of Azerbaijan with instructions to extend friendship and amity to Persia, and bearing expensive gifts as offerings to the friendship, and instructs the Prince on how to conduct his government and people in relation to ...
Testimony of Thomas Heckford, Marine Chief Officer of the Ship Durable
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The letter contains a testimony recounting the events following the wrecking of the Durable, and outlines a disagreement with Captain Parkin of the Bacchus about the responsibility for returning to the wreck.
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is expressing displeasure at the Resident for shipping low quality sulphur [sulfur] to the government of Madras. It also encloses a letter from Edward Wood, Secretary to the government at Fort St George, to James Farish, dated 21 April 1817, discussing the return of the sulphur to Bus...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Commercial Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a detailed list of imported fabrics at Bushire and their current market prices and requesting that the Resident sell any fabrics so long as he can fetch those prices at Bushire, as well as to sell any damaged fabrics.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of letters dated 29 October 1817 and 6 December 1817 and requesting details of an incident referenced by the Resident where a cossed [cossid, a courier] was held up by bandits.
Letter from George Edward Russell, Collector at Musulipatam [Machilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter from George Moor, Civil Auditor at Fort St George, 18 January 1818, which in turn encloses an extract from a letter from the Court of Directors, regarding Jaffer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] pension. Russell also requests occasional confirmation from...