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1951. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 128-133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 128-133
Title:
Letter from William Newnham, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter describes the force about to be dispatched from Bombay to the Persian Gulf for the purpose of attacking Ruselkhima [Ra's al-Khaymah], which the British consider to be the 'principle [principal] seat of the piratical power' in the Gulf. It is noted that the expedition is due to depart ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1819
Extent:
6 folios

1952. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 134v-135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 134v-135
Title:
Letter from William Newnham, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the Governor of Bombay approves of his decision to present several gifts to the Shaikhs of Khatiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], along with his decision to dispatch a broker to that place to assist Captain Sadleir, but notes the appointment should only be temporary.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1819
Extent:

2 folios

1953. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 137-139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 137-139
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of a communication for the information and guidance of the Resident; a copy of a letter from Francis Warden to Major General Sir William Grant Keir, Commander of the British forces proceeding to the Persian Gulf, dated 28 October 1819. The enclosure outlines the o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1819
Extent:

3 folios

1954. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 140v-141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 140v-141
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is announcing the appointment of Mountstuart Elphinstone to the office of Governor of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1819
Extent:

2 folios

1955. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 143-146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 143-146
Title:
Letter from Henry Willock, HM Charge d'affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is transmitting a dispatch to Major General Sir William Grant Kier. The subject of the dispatch is a boat captured by HM Sloop Curlew on 21 May 1819 and legal proceedings to be taken to determine how to dispose of said boat along with associated property; currently the boat is being h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1819
Extent:

4 folios

1956. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 150-151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 150-151
Title:
Letter from Major Charles Grant, 1st Assistant Resident to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Political Resident that the Shaikh of Bahrain has issued orders to detain Hajee Abbas bin Mahomed [Hājjī ‘Abbās bin Aḥmad] until his accounts have been inspected, as originally requested by Ibrahim bin Rujub [Ibrāhīm bin Rajab] in an address to the Political Resident i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1874
Extent:

2 folios

1957. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 152-155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 152-155
Title:
Letter from Ibrahim bin Rujub [Ibrāhīm bin Rajab], Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying a request for the detention of Hajee Abbas bin Mahomed [Hājjī ‘Abbās bin Aḥmad] in Bahrain. It is noted that this request was forwarded to Major Charles Grant, 1st Assistant Resident, via memo No. 189/103 of 1874 dated 17 February 1874. A copy of this letter in Arabic is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1874
Extent:

4 folios

1958. IOR/R/15/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21
Title:
‘Vol 21 Letters inward’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce, and to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire. Correspondence is sent to the Resident by a range of individuals, including various secretaries to the Government in Bombay, representatives of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1819-31 Dec 1820
Extent:
1 volume, 95 items (62 folios)

1959. IOR/R/15/1/21, 48v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, 48v
Title:
Letter from Charles Gray, to James Dow, Officer in Charge of the Residency
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the raising of military finances in the Gulf. The letter enclosures a further letter from Lieutenant Price the Acting Paymaster (not included in the file) which, states Gray, is a request to the Residency to raise a loan for one lack of rupees, in Spanish dollars, German crow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1820
Extent:
1 folio

1960. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 3
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter contains instructions for the recipient on how much to pay the bearer of the packet in which the letter is included, dependent on the number of days it has taken to deliver the letter from Tehran to Bushire, thus providing financial incentive for swift delivery. Enclosed with the lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1819
Extent:
1 folio

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