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391. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 61v-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 61v-62
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter tells of the demand for scarlet perpetuanas, especially from the merchants of Corasoon [Khorāsān], and requests that more be sent from India, along with paper and medicines. Also discussed is the conflict between Carem Caun [Karim Khan] and meer mahana [Mīr Muhanna], specifically a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1764
Extent:

2 folios

392. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 63v-64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 63v-64
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the poor state of the woollen trade and expresses the hope that things will improve once perpets arrive from Bombay and the merchants arrive from Corasoon [Khorāsān]. A trankey that was sent to Bushire by the Company broker at Muscat is also mentioned, as well as the fact th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1764
Extent:

2 folios

393. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 66v-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 66v-69
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter begins with a brief discussion of trade at Bushire, mentioning the lower prices at Bussora [Basra] and Muscat, the problems caused by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna], and expressing the hope that things will soon improve. The rest of the letter concerns the trade in raw silk at Gilan and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1765
Extent:

4 folios

394. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 70v-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 70v-71
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an account of the 'Islamabad Affair', the murder of the captain and officers aboard the Company ship, the Islamabad, by the Arab seamen serving on board, and the subsequent plunder of its treasure.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1765
Extent:

2 folios

395. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an update of affairs at Bushire, giving reasons of security as justification for the detenion of the Tartar, and news of the movements of both Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] and Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also reports the raid on a caffala between Bushire and Schirass [Shiraz] by Mīr Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1765
Extent:

2 folios

396. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms the orders recently given to send ships to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b], with justifications for doing so.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

2 folios

397. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for packets being sent from Bussora [Basra] via Muscat. It also discusses the current poor state of trade in the country around Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1765
Extent:

2 folios

398. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 79v-80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 79v-80
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Dutch have failed in their attempt to destroy Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and gives an account of the battle.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

399. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 87v-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 87v-88
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] wants to purchase more woollens for his army but wants the price lowered, which the author refuses to do. Also given is the news that a Dutch ship has arrived to take their countrymen, and a pilot boat has been taken by Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1766
Extent:

2 folios

400. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 90v-91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 90v-91
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an update on the situation in Persia, specifically Sadoo Khaun's [Sadiq Khan] recovery of the province of Lar and his orders to clear the coast of petty sheikhs. A surplus of woollens and the need for a cruizer at Bushire for protection are also mentioned.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1766
Extent:

2 folios