Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of communications dated 26 August 1817 and 6 September 1817 and informing the Resident that the Governor approves of Assistant Surgeon Sharp having gone to Shiraz to treat Lieutenant Blast, but does not agree that this should be paid for by the public.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication dated 26 August 1817 and informing the Resident that a survey of the Persian Gulf is not currently practical, but that the extract from the log book of the Durable describing the rocks on which it was wrecked, will be published.
Deposition of Ibrahim bowa ben Abdul Karim Dholkey, previously a lascar on the Deira Dowla, made before Henry Meriton, Superintendent at Bombay
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Deposition by Ibrahim bowa ben Abdul Karim Dholkey (may be: Ibrahim bawa bin Abdulkarim Dholki) describing his capture by Joasemee [Qawāsim] pirates and subsequent sale to a crew member. The deposition also lists the places they travelled to around the Persian Gulf, the skirmishes they engaged i...