Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council at Bombay
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Letter enclosing extracts of two letters from Bruce to the British Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia and explaining the difficulties he has been having with persian officers requesting ships in order to remove Shaik Mohammed [Muhammad] from Kharrak [Bandar-e-Chārak].
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Watson Henshaw
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Letter warning Stephen Watson Henshaw about his conduct with regards to holding discussions with Persian officers in which he appears to have contradicted some of the Residency's statements; and threatening him with severe consequences should it happen again.
The volume consists of letters received at the Bushire Residency during 1815. The subjects covered by the correspondence include the administration of the Bushire Residency, logistics (i.e. the movement of the East India Company's supplies and personnel), Persian political affairs, and piracy in ...
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication, dated 4 January 1815, from the Resident of Bushire concerning a dispute over rent between Mohummed ben Naser [Muḥammad bin Nāṣir] and Stephen Watson Henshaw, Marine Agent in the Persian Gulf. It instructs the Resident to report further o...
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 3 January 1815. In response, it informs the Resident that a monetary reward has been granted to Stephen Watson Henshaw for his service in recovering company property from the Ahmed Shah.