Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Captain Fountain Price, commander of the Defiance
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to unload a chest of treasure that has come from Bussora [Basra].
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the author's defence against the recipient's accusations that the Bushire linguist's recent visit to Carrack [Kharg Island] was for his private gain. A request is made for assistance for the family of the linguist Stephen Hermit, who died on board the Defiance when it blew up th...
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports on the movement of ships, a sick seepoy [sepoy] who sails to Basra to see the surgeon there, and that Carim Caun [Karim Khan] has repeated an order for Sheik Ice [Sheikh ‘Isa] to visit him at Schirass [Shiraz].
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the news that George Skipp has arrived from Bombay and is now on his way to Schirash [Shiraz] with Sheikhs Saddoon [Sa‘dūn] and Ise [‘Isa].
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs that the Caun [Karim Khan] has ordered Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn] and Shaik Ise [Sheikh ‘Isa] to accompany George Skipp to Schyrass [Shiraz] in the capacity of mehmendars (official escorts).