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271. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 224-224v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 224-224v
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter instructs that no money should be advanced for the purchase of Carmenia wool and discusses the types of wool popular in Europe. There are further instructions not to accept silk from the Caun [Karim Khan] as payment for English cloth until advice on the matter comes from Company super...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1766
Extent:

1 folio

272. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225
Title:
Letter from Samuel Stedman, accountant at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses an invoice for the Admiral Pocock (not present).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

273. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225-225v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225-225v
Title:
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter contains instructions regarding the purchase of Carmenia wool and relays the order from London to begin purchasing raw silk in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

274. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225v
Title:
Letter from Yezd to the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is likely to be from the Company's agent in Yezd who was responsible for buying and selling in the Company's interests and would probably have been Armenian. Note that the letter was received on 31 January 1767 so is likely to have been written in early January 1767. The letter conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

275. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 226-226v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 226-226v
Title:
Letter from Rice Amhud Shaw [Ra’īs Amhud Shah], Karim Khan's agent in Bushire, to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter briefly discusses affairs between the Turks and the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b]. It advises that an English representative be sent to the Khan's court in Shiraz and gives assurances of friendship and that any Company property held by the Ka‘b will be returned to them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1767
Extent:

2 folios

276. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 234-234v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 234-234v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter complains about the colours of the woollens recently sent to Basra from Bushire. It contains the directions to assist George Skipp, who has been selected to represent the Company at Karim Khan's court in Schiras [Shiraz]. There are also the orders to pay Commodore Price and Captain Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1767
Extent:

1 folio

277. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 235
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to dispatch the Eagle to Bombay as soon as it arrives at Bushire, with John Sebastian Natter on board.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1767
Extent:

1 folio

278. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 236v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 236v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Residents at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives notification that James Morley travels to Bushire aboard the Salamander. There is the order to send the Defiance to Basra with any surplus cash and to advance Lieutenant Nugent, commander of the artillery aboard the Salamander, any money he requires.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1767
Extent:

1 folio

279. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 237-237v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 237-237v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Residents at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter contains reprimands for sending a boat to Muscat unnecessarily and a military detachment with George Skipp to Shiraz. There is a brief discussion of the price of Carmenia wool and approval for the public table to be held while cruizers are stationed at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1767
Extent:

1 folio

280. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 237v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 237v
Title:
Letter from George Skipp, Company envoy to the court of Karim Khan at Shyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter states that it is imperative that the Company have no communication with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] during negotiations in Shiraz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1767
Extent:

1 folio

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