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361. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 139v-140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 139v-140
Title:
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 the loss of the Defiance which caught fire and blew up near Kishmee [Qishme] Island. It also gives news that the Tankseer [Tangesir] and Dashastoun [Dashtestan] people that had been camped outside Bushire have returned to their respective countries. Persian horsemen also retur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1767
Extent:

2 folios

362. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 141-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 141-142
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an update of affairs at Bushire and the Gulf. Various subjects are discussed: the dispute between Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and the Sheikhs of Bushire, which has led to the former imposing a blockade around Bushire; Sheikh Sa‘dūn's plan to travel to Schyrass [Shiraz] to pay tribute t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1767
Extent:

2 folios

363. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 142v-143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 142v-143
Title:
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 that people are now able to travel between Bushire and Schyrass [Shiraz], but trade is still forbidden by the Caun [Karim Khan]. The strategy of selling perpets only with an equal amount of broadcloth is proposed in order to clear stocks of the latter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1768
Extent:

2 folios

364. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 144-144v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 144-144v
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Mr Martin Rich, master of the Dolphin schooner
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to proceed to Bussora [Basra].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1768
Extent:

1 folio

365. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 147v-148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 147v-148
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports the arrival of a fleet of English ships (comprising of the Revenge, the Essex, the Success, the Eagle, and the Fancy) from India. There is also a request for funds to accommodate the newly arrived military and marine personnel.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1768
Extent:

2 folios

366. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 150v-151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 150v-151
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Sheik Ise [Sheikh ‘Isa] has returned from Shiraz with orders from the Caun [Karim Khan] for the Bushire sheikhs to assist in an attack on Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Genowa [Bandar-e-Ganaveh].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

367. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 151v-152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 151v-152
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the need to provide a convoy for the Adriana due to its valuable cargo and how the loss of it would reflect badly on the nation and might affect negotiations at Schirash [Shiraz] with Karim Khan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

368. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 152v-153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 152v-153
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to George Skipp, in Schyrass [Shiraz]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs that is hasn't been possible to forward Skipp's letters onto Bussora [Basra] because of the reluctance of the people of Bushire to go to sea due to the threat posed by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. The overland route is suggested.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

369. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 155v-156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 155v-156
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an update on the situation at Genova [Bandar-e-Ganaveh], reporting that Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] has fled to Carrack [Kharg Island] and the Persians retired to Rochella [?]. It is noted, with the expedition to Kharg in mind, that supplies there will last no more than seven mo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

370. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 158v-160v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 158v-160v
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter covers several things: the need for trankeys to assist in the attack on Carrack [Kharg Island] and suggests why the Bushire Sheikhs are resisting to assist in this way; an account is given by Lieutenant Field of the loss of two trankeys when the Wolfe was caught in a storm and was for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1768
Extent:

3 folios