Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing the first of exchange (not present) on the Accountant General for military disbursements at the Bushire station for April 1818.
Letter from William Bruce to Captain Hall, Commander of the HC Cruizer Nautilus
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The letter regards two women and a servant, Almas. The Resident requests that they be put on shore, as they are subjects of Persia and therefore outside British jurisdiction; an application has been made by the Governor of Bushire, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, for their release, as some Mogul Arab...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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The letter reports that Turkish troops are close to taking Deriah, where the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Chiefs are holding out in a small citadel. It further outlines the Resident's belief that the remaining towns will surrender once Deriah has been taken.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is informing the Government of Bombay that Bebee Amina, widow of Aga Turab, has died. It notes that she was receiving a pension from the East India Company, which has been suspended pending further instructions.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]
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The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of a circular, which concerned the procedure for sending private letters via Bagdad [Baghdad] and Constantinople [Istanbul].