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331. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 71-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 71-72
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the case for assisting Carem Caun [Karim Khan] against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Bunderick [Bandar Rig] with the Company ship the Tartar. It is believed this vessel is insufficiently equipped to make an attack on Khish [Kish] Island, where the stolen treasure of the Islamaba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1765
Extent:

2 folios

332. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 72v-73
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an update of affairs at Bushire, giving reasons of security as justification for the detenion of the Tartar, and news of the movements of both Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] and Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also reports the raid on a caffala between Bushire and Schirass [Shiraz] by Mīr Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1765
Extent:

2 folios

333. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 73-74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 73-74
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an update on the situation of Mīr Muhanna at Bandar Rig, with news that his people are running low on supplies and that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] is poised to attack.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1765
Extent:

2 folios

334. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 74v-75v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 74v-75v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter gives an account of the Company's involvement in an attack with Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] on Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] at Bunderick [Bandar Rig]. It discusses the possibility of the Khan ever ridding the country of Mīr Muhanna and Shaik Soliman [Sheikh Soliman, of the Banu Ka'b tribe]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1765
Extent:

2 folios

335. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 76v-77
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms the orders recently given to send ships to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b], with justifications for doing so.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

2 folios

336. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 77v-78
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for packets being sent from Bussora [Basra] via Muscat. It also discusses the current poor state of trade in the country around Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1765
Extent:

2 folios

337. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter covers various subjects: the author's response to recent complaints about the tone of his letters made by Wrench; the arrival from Carrack [Kharg] Island of the Dutch writer, John Jacob Christant, seeking compensation for what was stolen from him by the English during the withdrawal f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

338. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 79v-80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 79v-80
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Dutch have failed in their attempt to destroy Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and gives an account of the battle.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

339. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 81-82v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 81-82v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is mainly a defence against accusations of neglect and impropriety made by the Agent at Basra regarding the relaying of news, use of express boats, and the employment of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a former writer at Basra accused of spying for the Turks. Also contains a report on the secu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1766
Extent:

2 folios

340. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 82v-83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 82v-83
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] has taken the Dutch fort at Carrack [Kharg Island]. What he might do next is discussed, as well as the possibility of taking the island back.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1766
Extent:

2 folios

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