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512. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 194
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 194
- Title:
- Letter from William Andrew Price, East India Company Agent at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter instructs Jervis to load surplus cash and any copper aboard the Drake which continues to Bombay. Mention is made of talks with Sadock Caun [Sadiq Khan] regarding an alliance against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1763
- Extent:
-
1 folio
513. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 213-213v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 213-213v
- Title:
- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter discusses correspondence with Carem Caun [Karim Khan] and Shaik Sadoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. There are directions for Jervis to leave Bushire for Bombay, to be replaced by William Bowyear.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Apr 1766
- Extent:
-
1 folio
514. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225-225v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225-225v
- Title:
- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter contains instructions regarding the purchase of Carmenia wool and relays the order from London to begin purchasing raw silk in Persia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Jan 1767
- Extent:
-
1 folio
515. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 236v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 236v
- Title:
- Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Residents at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter gives notification that James Morley travels to Bushire aboard the Salamander. There is the order to send the Defiance to Basra with any surplus cash and to advance Lieutenant Nugent, commander of the artillery aboard the Salamander, any money he requires.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 May 1767
- Extent:
-
1 folio
516. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 249-249v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 249-249v
- Title:
- Letter 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 details the exchange of correspondence and the provisioning of the Bombay grab.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 20 Aug 1767
- Extent:
-
1 folio
517. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 6v-7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 6v-7
- Title:
- Letter from Thomas Hodges, East India Company Governor at Bombay, and Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter announces the official appointment of Morley as Resident at Bushire and of George Green as his assistant. Included are instructions for the supplying and dispatching of the ships Success, Eagle, and Fancy when they arrive at Bushire, and an account of woollens to be sent to Bussora [Ba...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 15 Jan 1768
- Extent:
-
2 folios
518. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 13-15
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 13-15
- Title:
- Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont and William Lewis, his assistants, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
- Scope & Content:
- The letter dicusses preparations for the forthcoming expedition against the Island of Carrack [Kharg], including: the appointment to the expedition of William Lewis and George Abraham as commissary and deputy respectively; the deployment of the gunner and sepoys at Bushire; the reduction of stoc...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 May 1768
- Extent:
-
3 folios
519. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 15-16
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 15-16
- Title:
- Letter from George Skipp, in Schyrass [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
- Scope & Content:
- The letter discusses the author's conversations with Shaik Nassir [Sheikh Nāsir] about the rent for the Company factory at Bushire. Also contained is a request for information regarding the expedition against Carrack [Kharg] as Karim Khan's forces at Genover [Bandar e-Ganāveh] and Bunderick [Ban...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 8 May 1768
- Extent:
-
2 folios
520. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 17v-18v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 17v-18v
- Title:
- Letter from Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, aboard the Revenge at sea, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
- Scope & Content:
- The letter expresses hope that the Caun [Karim Khan] will assist in the attack on Carrack [Kharg] as soon as possible. Also informs that the company surgeon, Mr Birch, and the sick and wounded are proceeding to Bushire. Enclosed is a copy of a letter to the Agency at Basra, also from Charles Elp...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 May 1768
- Extent:
-
2 folios