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331. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 66v-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 66v-69
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter begins with a brief discussion of trade at Bushire, mentioning the lower prices at Bussora [Basra] and Muscat, the problems caused by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna], and expressing the hope that things will soon improve. The rest of the letter concerns the trade in raw silk at Gilan and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1765
Extent:

4 folios

332. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter relays the news that Carem Caun [Karim Khan] has written and is expected to reach Bunderick [Bandar Rig] by the end of the month. A request is made for the Tartar to assist the Khan in his attack against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also discussed is the repair and sale of a trankey, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1765
Extent:

2 folios

333. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 70v-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 70v-71
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an account of the 'Islamabad Affair', the murder of the captain and officers aboard the Company ship, the Islamabad, by the Arab seamen serving on board, and the subsequent plunder of its treasure.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1765
Extent:

2 folios

334. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 71-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 71-72
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the case for assisting Carem Caun [Karim Khan] against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Bunderick [Bandar Rig] with the Company ship the Tartar. It is believed this vessel is insufficiently equipped to make an attack on Khish [Kish] Island, where the stolen treasure of the Islamaba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1765
Extent:

2 folios

335. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an update of affairs at Bushire, giving reasons of security as justification for the detenion of the Tartar, and news of the movements of both Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] and Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also reports the raid on a caffala between Bushire and Schirass [Shiraz] by Mīr Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1765
Extent:

2 folios

336. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 73-74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 73-74
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an update on the situation of Mīr Muhanna at Bandar Rig, with news that his people are running low on supplies and that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] is poised to attack.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1765
Extent:

2 folios

337. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 74v-75v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 74v-75v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an account of the Company's involvement in an attack with Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] on Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Bunderick [Bandar Rig]. It discusses the possibility of the Khan ever ridding the country of Mīr Muhanna and Shaik Soliman [Sheikh Soliman, of the Banu Ka'b tribe]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1765
Extent:

2 folios

338. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms the orders recently given to send ships to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b], with justifications for doing so.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

2 folios

339. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for packets being sent from Bussora [Basra] via Muscat. It also discusses the current poor state of trade in the country around Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1765
Extent:

2 folios

340. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter covers various subjects: the author's response to recent complaints about the tone of his letters made by Wrench; the arrival from Carrack [Kharg] Island of the Dutch writer, John Jacob Christant, seeking compensation for what was stolen from him by the English during the withdrawal f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

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