Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is concerned with the accusations made by Bowyear against Benjamin Jervis and his conduct while he was Resident at Bushire. The Agent asks for explanations and proof for a number of charges levelled at Jervis.
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the possible whereabouts of a missing express boat. It disapproves of the high cost of a public table at Bushire and sets a new limit on expenses. Requests the latest information concerning the negotiations at Shiraz.
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Shyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an account of the author's attempts to get the Vackeel [Karim Khan] to lift the trade embargo on Bushire. It is reported that the ban has been imposed because of the Khan's unhappiness with Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn] and suggests that the sheikh travel to Shiraz to try and se...
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter explores the reasons for Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] ban on trade into and out of Bushire.
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the progress of negotiations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan]. It outlines the plan to withdraw from Bushire and destroy the town if the Khan doesn't agree to the Company's terms. There are the instructions to send the possessions of a French Muslim murdered in Bushire to Basra ...
Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for a supply of stationery, Company accounts (not present), and an enclosed letter from Thomas Hodges, Company Governor at Bombay, to Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand], the ruler of Persia. A copy of the letter from Thomas Hodges to Karim Khan is included with this item. The le...
Letter from William Lewis, Commissary of Stores at Bushire, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
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The letter contains a list of items taken from the store for the Bombay grab and the Eagle snow and requests that the recipients take charge of them until those ships arrive at Bushire.
Letter from George Skipp, in Shyrass [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for two packets for the Agency at Basra (not present) and mentions the potential loss of two of his previous letters before they reached the Agency.