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181. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 94v-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 94v-95
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing extracts of two letters from Bruce to the British Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia and explaining the difficulties he has been having with persian officers requesting ships in order to remove Shaik Mohammed [Muhammad] from Kharrak [Bandar-e-Chārak].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1815
Extent:

2 folios

182. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 15v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 15v
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses a copy of a letter from the Assistant in Charge at Basra [Bussora] requesting 20,000 rupees in cash and asks that the enclosed letter be complied with.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1815
Extent:
1 folio

183. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 32
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a copy of a letter to the British Minister at the Court of Persia, for the information of the Governor of Bombay (letter not enclosed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1815
Extent:
1 folio

184. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 50v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 50v
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on the suicide of Fath Ali of the 5th regiment Madras native cavalry.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1815
Extent:

1 folio

185. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 50v-51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 50v-51
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a copy of a letter from the assistant in charge of the Residency at Baghdad. The enclosure reports on events in Europe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1815
Extent:

2 folios

186. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 81v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 81v 1
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing an invoice and bill of lading for sulphur shipped on the Khosrovie. A copy of the invoice only is included.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1815
Extent:

1 folio

187. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that a letter and gifts from the Governor [of Bombay] to Shaikh Kulfan [Shaikh Khalfan, chieftain of Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh], have been delivered. The letter and gifts were to thank him for his assistance following the shipwrecking of the Ahmed Shah on the island of Khen ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

188. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 16v-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 16v-17
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter in response to a command not to trade any of the ordnance or military stores unless fully reimbursed. Bruce goes on to detail the sale of ordnance to the Nizam-ad-Daula [Nizam ud Dowlah - title] but confirms no future deals will take place unless he is fully reimbursed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

189. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 18v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 18v-19
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Captain Augustus George Waddington, Commanding the ship Khosrowie
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that reports of piracy in the Gulf are accurate and advises the Captain to await the arrival of other ships so they can sail together, as he believes it is unlikely they would be attacked as a group.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1815
Extent:
2 folios

190. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 20v-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 20v-21
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that cases of shawl cloth have been delivered to Catachatoor Johaness, encloses a draft for the sale amount and requests it be credited to the residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1815
Extent:
2 folios