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2191. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 5v-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 5v-7
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Eden, at Anchor off Marrak [Al-Muḥarraq], to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, refers to his letter of 15 January 1820, which this letter follows. He describes how Captain Francis Erskine Loch sent a summons to the Shaik [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] for the delivery of all the boats and vessels belon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1820
Extent:
3 folios

2192. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 8v-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 8v-9
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses copies of his letters (not included with this letter) to William Grant Keir. He goes on to relay his communications with Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir], who has assured Bruce that he will abide by the wishes of the British Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2193. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 9v-10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 9v-10
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Government commands, dated 18 September 1819 and received on 10 December 1819, which expressed the Government's approval of Bruce's actions, both in sending a person to act as a broker at Katife [Al-Qatif] and in provi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2194. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 10v-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 10v-11
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges a request for an account of presents made and received during the past official year. He encloses a statement (not included) of the presents made and states that no presents were received during this period.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2195. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 12v-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 12v-13
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses copies of letters (not included) which he received the previous day from Major General Sir William Grant Keir. Bruce states that he will comply with Keir's letters by joining the force off the Island of Khen [Qeys]. Bruce refers to Keir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2196. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 13v-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 13v-14
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to James Bruce Simson, Secretary to the Government
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Government circular demands, dated 17 December 1819, and agrees to comply with their request that casualties among the medical gentlemen of the army who are employed in civil and marine capacities should in future be ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2197. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 15v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 15v-19
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, responds to commands for information on Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]. Bruce provides details of how Sultan bin Sugger lost control of Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and sought the protection of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1820
Extent:
5 folios

2198. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses the following letters (not included): copies of two of his letters to the Governor in Council, Mounstuart Elphinstone, regarding Rahma Ben Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir] and a copy of his letter of 14 February 1820 to Francis Warden. Bruce re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

2199. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, off Charrack, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
This is a letter in response to William Grant Keir's request for information regarding acts of piracy committed on the Persian shore of the Gulf. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts an act of piracy committed by the people of Charrak [Bandar-e Charak] in 1814 and describes Stephen Watso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1820
Extent:
3 folios

2200. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 23v-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 23v-24
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, reports that the artificers who arrived at Bushire on board the Honourable Company cruiser, the Teignmouth, on 21 February, had lost over board their tools, their copper cooking utensils and their own private clothing. Bruce asks for the lost to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

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