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2031. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 63
Title:
Letter from B Doveton, Military Accountant, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to military finances. Doveton states that in the past, Bruce has sent vouchers for military payments to the Accountant General instead of the Military Accountant. Doveton requests that in future, vouchers for payments of a military nature be sent to his department.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1820
Extent:
1 folio

2032. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 3v-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 3v-4
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Willock writes that he has sent two dispatches to Bruce, dated the 26 and 29 December 1819, for the attention of Major General William Grant Keir. Willock states that if Bruce has not received these two dispatches, he is to open the accompanying packet addressed to the Honourable Mountstuart Elph...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1820
Extent:

2 folios

2033. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Keir reports that, in the wake of the submission of the Sheikh of Ra's al-Khaymah, he has signed a preliminary General Treaty with some of the rulers of the Arab coast, as well as Preliminary Treaties with the individual rulers, to accommodate specific matters. Keir also writes of negotiations b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1820
Extent:

9 folios

2034. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 13-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 13-14
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing for the Resident's attention, a further petition (folios 13v-14) from Bukshee Khanum, widow of the late Aga Mohamed Bebahnee, addressed to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, dated 12 December 1819. The letter relates to a claim upo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1819
Extent:

2 folios

2035. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 16v-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 16v-17
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, on board His Majesty's Ship Liverpool, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Grant Keir writes of the changes to the restriction of vessels entering the ports of Bahrain, recommending the employment of His Majesty's ships in capturing and destroying the 'war vessels' of Rama ben Jaber.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:

2 folios

2036. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 17v-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 17v-18
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's previous letter of 19 October 1819 and its enclosed copies of correspondence with his Royal Highness Hoosein Ali Muza [Hussain Ali Mirza], concerning the Linguah [Bandar-e Lengeh] vessel captured by His Majesty's ship Curlew. Warden continues that t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1819
Extent:

1 folio

2037. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 18v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 18v-19
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's letter of 27 October 1819, stating that the Governor in Council requests more information on Bruce's representation of Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], chief of Rasel Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]. Warden writes that Bruce's description of Sultan bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1819
Extent:

2 folios

2038. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 21-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 21-26
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to Britain's suppression of 'piracies' in the Gulf, and its treaties with the rulers of the region. In the letter, Grant Keir writes to inform Bruce that he has signed a Preliminary Treaty with the ruler of Bahrain. He includes a number of enclosures with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1820
Extent:

6 folios

2039. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 26-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 26-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns water supplies to Britain's military force in the Gulf. In the letter Perronet states that supplies of fresh water on the Ra's al-Khaymah coast, where he and his regiment are currently stationed, are low. He requests the urgent dispatch of three-hundred tons of water to be sen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1820
Extent:

3 folios

2040. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 31v-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 31v-32
Title:
Letter no. 434 of 1821 from Henderson, to the Assistant Surgeon James Dow, In Charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The covering letter encloses a letter from W Balhetchet, Secretary, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, dated 19 April 1821. In his letter Balhetchet acknowledges receipt of Warden's letter no.420, dated 18 April 1821, and informs Warden of the Bombay Government's arrangements for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1821
Extent:
2 folios

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