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1391. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 95v 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 95v 2
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a bill of exchange for supplies for the Honorable Company's cruizer Aurora and requesting it be credited to the Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1815
Extent:

1 folio

1392. IOR/R/15/1/16, f 96

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, f 96
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant George Willock, 5th Madras Native Cavalry
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Lieutenant George Willock take a dispatch to the British Minister at the Court of Persia since the Vizier at Shiraz has recently stopped some letters sent by express. The letter also requests that the Chargé d'Affaires there be told about the recent events in Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1815
Extent:

1 folio

1393. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 2v-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 2v-3
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department
Scope & Content:
Letter refers to promises to make efforts to reclaim property belonging to the Ceylon [Sri Lanka] government that was carried on the shipwrecked Ahmed Shah. Bruce describes his negotiations with Abdella ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] regarding parts of the ship as well as two mares t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

1394. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 3v-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 3v-4
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Finance Department
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that cash will be made available to the residencies at Baghdad and Bussora [Basra] if requested.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

1395. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms that a letter and gifts from the Governor [of Bombay] to Shaikh Kulfan [Shaikh Khalfan, chieftain of Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh], have been delivered. The letter and gifts were to thank him for his assistance following the shipwrecking of the Ahmed Shah on the island of Khen ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

1396. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 6v-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 6v-7
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department
Scope & Content:
Letter describes the circumstances behind, and settling of, a dispute over a house between Stephen Watson Henshaw and Mohamed ben Nasir [Muḥammed bin Nasir] , in response to a letter of complaint by the latter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1815
Extent:

2 folios

1397. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 7v-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 7v-8
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that expenditure for public asses not be recharged to his own account since they are employed to fetch water for the detachment of sepoys. The letter goes on to describe problems in obtaining drinking-water and calculations for the repayment of Bruce's overdrawn allowance.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

1398. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 12-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 12-15
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter describing in detail a recent incident in which a boat belonging to the Residency was captured: Bruce had purchased a baghla [buggalow] to communicate with individuals on the other side of the Gulf and it was dispatached on 21 December to Ras-al-Khaima [Ras el Khima]with letters to Sheik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1815
Extent:
4 folios

1399. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 15v-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 15v-16
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter acknowledges a request to arrange transport for officers and a detachment who are returning from India after serving in Persia and confirms that the arrangements will be made.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

1400. IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 16v-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 16v-17
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter in response to a command not to trade any of the ordnance or military stores unless fully reimbursed. Bruce goes on to detail the sale of ordnance to the Nizam-ad-Daula [Nizam ud Dowlah - title] but confirms no future deals will take place unless he is fully reimbursed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1815
Extent:
2 folios

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