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181. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 49v-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 49v-50
Title:
Remarks Made by William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Bombay, on Currencies Accepted in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
These remarks, which do not appear to be attached either to the previous letter or to the following item, concern the matter of which currency should be used for the payment of troops. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, states that the German crown is more accurate than any other coin. However, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1820
Extent:
2 folios

182. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 84v-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 84v-85
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Calcutta, to James Bruce Simson, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This letter is a response to Government commands, dated 1 October, which informed William Bruce that some tents had been supplied to HMS Topaze, on the expedition against Mocka in November 1820. The commands also relayed a request from the Governor in Council, Mountstuart Elphinstone, for Bruce t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1821
Extent:
2 folios

183. 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

184. 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