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531. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 153-154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 153-154
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 local apprehension about Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] with many fearing to go to sea, making it difficult to send letters to Basra. Inconsistencies in the orders given by Captain Charles Elphinstone to those vessels which gave the Adriana convoy are also discussed. A request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1768
Extent:

2 folios

532. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 165v-166v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 165v-166v
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 various affairs, including stationery, concern over a shortage of cash, the forecast of sales, hospital expenses, the matter of withdrawing stock from Bushire, boats lost or returned after the recent bad weather, reports that the Persian troops at Genova [Bandar-e-Ganaveh] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1768
Extent:

2 folios

533. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v
Title:
Letter from William Andrew Price, Agent for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulf of Persia, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is the official appointment of Jervis as the first resident of the new factory at Bushire. It covers various subjects including the articles of agreement signed with Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn], details of goods and men landed at Bushire, the levies and duties to be imposed and paid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 April 1763
Extent:

2 folios

534. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 211-212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 211-212
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter questions several reprimands for Jervis' actions and conduct, including: his lack of correspondence; his use of express boats; his lack of action and response to the issue of missing tin at Basra; the lack of confirmation from the Caun [Karim Khan] for the grants given to the English....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1765
Extent:

2 folios

535. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 220v-221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 220v-221
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter expresses doubt about the Resident's fears of attack by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and discusses the negative consequences of keeping a cruizer at Bushire for protection, arguing that it would make it difficult to remain neutral in the disputes between the Caun [Karim Khan] and the Mīr.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1766
Extent:

2 folios

536. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 233-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 233-234
Title:
Letter from Dymoke Lyster and George Skipp, acting Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter announces the appointment of James Morley as joint Resident at Bushire, with John Sebastian Natter to return to Bombay. It is declared that the detention of the Defiance at Bushire for protection is no longer necessary as the Agency has been given assurances by the Caun's [Karim Khan]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1767
Extent:

2 folios

537. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 238v-239v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 238v-239v
Title:
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 correspondence between Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. The negotiations in Shchiras [Shiraz] are also discussed, with a look at the current political situation in the Gulf and including a proposal to form an alliance with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

538. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 242v-243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 242v-243
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Schiras [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the current difficulty of getting letters overland to and from Bushire and instructs that messengers take no letters other than those from the Company, to prevent hold-ups.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

539. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 243-244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 243-244
Title:
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 examines Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and his position in the Gulf, especially relations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan]. The idea of an alliance with the Mīr and a settlement on Carrack [Kharg] is discussed. The Khan's fleet is also defined and reasons given for destroying it.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios

540. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 244v-245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 244v-245
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, Company representative at Karim Khan's court in Schyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Vackeel [Karim Khan] is not agreeing to the terms so far put to him. He has advised the English to withdraw from Bushire as he cannot guarantee their safety while there is an ongoing dispute between himself and Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. A postscript follows stati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1767
Extent:

2 folios