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1471. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 52v-53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 52v-53
Title:
Letter from Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, Acting Resident in Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of Dow's previous letter, and the confirmation of the safe receipt of its packets. Willock encloses with his letter a packet to be forwarded to India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1820
Extent:
2 folios

1472. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 56v-57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 56v-57
Title:
Letter from Henry Meriton, Superintendent, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to Bruce's salary as Resident in the Gulf. Meriton states that the Governor in Council sees no reason for altering the deception of the late Governor on Bruce's claim for the allowance of Lieutenant in Command for the period 31 May 1805 to 1 May 1819.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1820
Extent:

1 folio

1473. IOR/R/15/1/22, f 7 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, f 7 1
Title:
Translation of a Paper from Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmad, Bahreen [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
In this paper, Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmad [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] acknowledges and agrees to demands, issued by Captain Francis Erskine Loch and William Bruce, which regard the entrance of vessels into his harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1820
Extent:
1 folio

1474. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 9v-10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 9v-10
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Government commands, dated 18 September 1819 and received on 10 December 1819, which expressed the Government's approval of Bruce's actions, both in sending a person to act as a broker at Katife [Al-Qatif] and in provi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

1475. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 36v-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 36v-37
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding at Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]
Scope & Content:
This letter follows on from William Bruce's earlier letter to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, dated 2 April 1820 (see ff 35-36), in which Bruce promised to send supplies of water to Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]. In this letter, Bruce informs Thompson that the Dolphin bugulah [buggalow] proceed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

1476. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 39v-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 39v-40
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, delivers news of an agreement between His Highness the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] and the Shaiks [Shaikhs] of Bahrain. The details of the agreement include an annual tribute of 30,000 German crowns, which is to be paid to His Hig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1820
Extent:
2 folios

1477. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 42v-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 42v-44
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the Master of the Eliza country ship, Mr Woodhead, and his conduct towards a member of his crew, an African named Bilall. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, states that Mr Woodhead has admitted to having the man beaten after he tried to swim away from the ship while at Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1820
Extent:
3 folios

1478. IOR/R/15/1/25, f 14 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25, f 14 1
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Grain
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a dispatch (not present), and informing Captain Taylor that the Resident at Bushire has returned to his station and resumed his duties.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1822
Extent:

1 folio

1479. IOR/R/15/1/25, f 14 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25, f 14 2
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Tod, Assistant Surgeon
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Assistant Surgeon that it is the opinion of the Resident that it is no longer necessary for him to travel to Kishme [Qeshm]; he was instructed by the Bombay Government to assist in determining the most suitable location for the new cantonment at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū]. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1822
Extent:

1 folio

1480. IOR/R/15/1/25, f 23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25, f 23
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the cash accounts and accompanying vouchers (not present) for the disbursements of the Bushire Residency up to October 1821.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1822
Extent:

1 folio