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3721. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 89-90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 89-90
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a translation of a firmaun from the King of Persia (Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār), which details a victory of his forces, led by his son, Prince Hossain Meerza Ali [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], over the Afghans, led by Fathi Khan, on 22 May 1818. The Resident in his letter attributes this ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1818
Extent:
2 folios

3722. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 90v-91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 90v-91
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a corrected first of exchange (not present) for supplies provided to the HC Cruizer Nautilus at Bushire, due to an error made in the Resident's submission on 22 July 1818.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1818
Extent:
2 folios

3723. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 93v-94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 93v-94
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a decision taken by the Government of Bombay to grant the surgeon in charge of medical duties at the Bushire station an allowance for a hospital and a native assistant.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1818
Extent:

2 folios

3724. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 95v-96

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 95v-96
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is providing an update on the state affairs in the Gulf. It includes news that a group of chiefs on the Arabian side of the Gulf have agreed to support each other in the event of a British expedition launching against them, and have made Ruselkhima [Raʼs al-Khaymah] their base, which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1818
Extent:

2 folios

3725. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 97v-98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 97v-98
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the first of exchange (not present) for military disbursements at the Bushire station for September 1818.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1818
Extent:
2 folios

3726. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 98v-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 98v-99
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the account disbursements and vouchers (not present) for the Bushire Residency for August 1818.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1818
Extent:

2 folios

3727. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 99v-100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 99v-100
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Major Hodgson, Commissary of Stores, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a communication dated 16 July 1818, which informed the Resident of goods that were en-route to Bushire for the use of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia. The letter notes that these items have not yet arrived.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1818
Extent:
2 folios

3728. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 100v-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 100v-101
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Captain James Morison, Sub-Assistant Commissary General, Madras
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of instructions that commanded the Resident to arrange a convoy for the shipment of horses procured for the Madras Cavalry, for which the recipient is now responsible.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1818
Extent:
2 folios

3729. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 101v-104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 101v-104
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter (not present) from Captain Edward Barnard. It further outlines the details of the plundering of a Bahrain boat by the HC Cruizer Antelope and the Imam of Muscat's vessel, the Batilli, along with the detention of her crew. Enclosed is a translation of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1818
Extent:
4 folios

3730. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 106-107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 106-107
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Resident has received an authentic account of the fall of Deriah to Ibrahim Pasha [Ibrāhim Pāshā] and that the Chief of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] tribe, Abdolla Been Saood [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘ūd], has been captured. It further reports on where various prisoners are being se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1818
Extent:
2 folios

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