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Project / Collection India Office Records Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Emir of Diriyah, 1744-1818

1. IOR/L/PS/9/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/9
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 7. MAR. 1803 TO 31. MAR. 1811. MR MANESTY & HIS ASSISTANT. VOL. 9.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, mostly to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and mainly from the Resident at Busssora [Basra, also spelled Bussarah in this volume], Samuel Manesty, and the following, successively in temporary charge of the Bussora Residency (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1803-6 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/372
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letter reports the capture of the ships Shannon and Trimmer in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim] of R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)