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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/22

151. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 30v-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 30v-31
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major General William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, responds to an enquiry into the cost of procuring and sending to Calcutta some mares and a few desert Arab stallions. Bruce acknowledges that the rates that he has given may appear high, but he explains that this is due to the high rate of frei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1820
Extent:
2 folios

152. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 31v-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 31v-33
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, relays news, received from Major General Sir William Grant Keir, that His Royal Highness the Prince [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā, Governor of Fars] has disbanded his forces and given up his intentions regarding Bahrain. Bruce states that he went to Ahram...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1820
Extent:
3 folios

153. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 34v-35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 34v-35
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, transmits a muster roll, an abstract, some bills of supplies and an account current for military disbursements at the Residency for the month of April. Transmissions not included.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

154. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 35-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 35-36
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding in Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson's letter of 11 March 1820, in which Thompson requested water supplies for the garrison station under his command. Bruce promises to send a set of coopers - with casks and kegs - on boa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1820
Extent:

2 folios

155. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 36v-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 36v-37
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding at Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]
Scope & Content:
This letter follows on from William Bruce's earlier letter to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, dated 2 April 1820 (see ff 35-36), in which Bruce promised to send supplies of water to Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]. In this letter, Bruce informs Thompson that the Dolphin bugulah [buggalow] proceed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

156. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 39v-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 39v-40
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, delivers news of an agreement between His Highness the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] and the Shaiks [Shaikhs] of Bahrain. The details of the agreement include an annual tribute of 30,000 German crowns, which is to be paid to His Hig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

157. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 40v-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 40v-41
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, transmits his account disbursements (not included) for the Residency for the month of March.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

158. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts a recent discussion with Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir], whom he describes as having been one of the predatory chiefs who disturbed the tranquility of the Gulf. Bruce states that he inquired into the terms of the recent treaty betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

159. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 42v-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 42v-44
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the Master of the Eliza country ship, Mr Woodhead, and his conduct towards a member of his crew, an African named Bilall. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, states that Mr Woodhead has admitted to having the man beaten after he tried to swim away from the ship while at Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1820
Extent:
3 folios

160. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 44v-45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 44v-45
Title:
Statement by James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Bushire, on the Death of a Seaman of the Merchant Ship Eliza
Scope & Content:
In this statement, James Dow, Assistant Surgeon at the Residency, gives his verdict on the cause of the death of the seaman of the Eliza (referred to in the previous item as Belall Seed). Dow states that he died following a sudden attack of dysentery.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

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