1. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53
- Title:
- Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- The letter concerns the desertion of a sepoy guard at the British Residency in Basra. Taylor writes that on 10 September 1820 the sepoy, Syed Allee of the 4th Company of the Marine Batallion, escaped by boat under the pretence of having been given permission to examine the boats at port. It is s...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 13 Sep 1820
- Extent:
- 1 folio
