Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Tehran, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter acknowledges the Board's decision to abolish the office of Marine Agent in the Persian Gulf, and accepts the order that the Marine Agent's duties will now be carried out by the Resident at Bushire.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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Letter informs Nepean of the King of Persia [Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar]'s request for 500 plates of looking glass, which he intends to use to line the walls of his palace.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter provides details, obtained from the Broker at Muscat, of a proposal made by Mohamed ben Solama [Muhammad bin Salama] to the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd]. The proposal, which apparently was rejected by the Imam of Muscat, would have required Muscat to furnish the Wahabee [Waha...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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Letter concerns Hassan ben Mohumed ben Gaith [Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ghaith], Vakeel of the Joassemee [Āl Qāsimī] Chief, Hassan iben Rehma [Hasan bin Rahma]. William Bruce states that the Chief intends to send his Vakeel to the Presidency.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter reports that a bugalah [buggalow] belonging to Bussora [Basra] was captured by Shaik Rehma ben Jauber [Shaikh Rahma bin Jabir], who, upon discovering that the horses on board were English property, transported them to Kishm [Qeshm] and engaged other boats to carry them on to Bombay. Includ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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Letter concerns the procurement of Kerman goats, which are to be sent to England. William Bruce encloses a copy of the original order, dated 30 March 1814, from His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, for twelve pairs of Kerman goats. Bruce gives details of how twenty goats were procured, courtesy of Ab...
Letter from Thomas White, Paymaster-General at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire
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Letter from Thomas White, Paymaster-General at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, acknowledging the receipt of a letter sent on 1 May and informing him that a payment of twenty-four Rupees for supplies to Indian [Hindoo] Sepoys was made.