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181. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 84v-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 84v-85
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Calcutta, to James Bruce Simson, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This letter is a response to Government commands, dated 1 October, which informed William Bruce that some tents had been supplied to HMS Topaze, on the expedition against Mocka in November 1820. The commands also relayed a request from the Governor in Council, Mountstuart Elphinstone, for Bruce t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1821
Extent:
2 folios

182. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses the following letters (not included): copies of two of his letters to the Governor in Council, Mounstuart Elphinstone, regarding Rahma Ben Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir] and a copy of his letter of 14 February 1820 to Francis Warden. Bruce re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

183. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 15v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 15v-19
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, responds to commands for information on Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]. Bruce provides details of how Sultan bin Sugger lost control of Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and sought the protection of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1820
Extent:
5 folios