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11. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 137-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 137-138
Title:
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses preparations for an expedition against Ormuse [Hormuz] to try and recover goods taken from the Islamabad in February 1765, including news (given in a postscript dated 9 November 1767) of Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] displeasure with the English for moving against Hormuz without...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1767
Extent:

2 folios

12. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 28-28v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 28-28v
Title:
Letter from Thomas Hodges, Governor at Bombay, and Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses shipments of stationery and the sales strategy of selling perpets only with broadcloth in equal part.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1768
Extent:

1 folio

13. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 49 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 49 1
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty, to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives notification that the Panther snow sails to India and must not be detained at Bushire for long.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1787
Extent:

1 folio

14. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 55
Title:
Letter from Andrew Ramsay, Robert Sparks, David Carnegie, at Bombay Castle (Public Department), to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses briefly the procurement of plants for the botanical garden at Bengal, the recent conduct of Sheikh Nasir [Nāsir], and the need for more money to pay for the running of the Bushire factory.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1788
Extent:

1 folio

15. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 55-55v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 55-55v
Title:
Letter from Andrew Ramsay, Robert Sparks, David Carnegie, at Bombay Castle (Commercial Department), to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the strategy of transferring woollens from Bushire to Basra according to the demands of the market and the need to send Carmenia [Kirmān] wool to India. Included is a copy of a letter from Bombay to Jaffier Khan [Ja‘far Khan Zand], dated 3 May 1788. It gives an account of S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1788
Extent:

1 folio

16. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] has not yet fulfilled his contract to buy woollens from the Company for his army.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

17. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 85-85v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 85-85v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports the arrival of the English fleet at Bushire and discusses an offer of assistance against the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] from Carem Khaun [Karim Khan]. It also mentions the Sheikh of Bushire's displeasure at the lack of support against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1766
Extent:

1 folio

18. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 85v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 85v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms the arrival of the English fleet and gives the latest information on the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b], Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna], and Carem Caun [Karim Khan]. Also mentioned is Jervis' departure for Bombay to join the Council there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1766
Extent:

1 folio

19. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86-86v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86-86v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is largely a defence against further accusations of neglect and misconduct made against them by the recipient. Specifically, the discrepancy in a shipment of tin in July 1765, the employment of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a suspected spy, and the lack of communication on an English fleet's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1766
Extent:

1 folio

20. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that Zackey Caun [Zaki Khan] has arrived at Ginovah [Ganaveh] with 2000 men and is joined by the Bushire Sheikhs with the intention of destroying Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also that the English Captain Justice has recently supplied the Mīr with provisions and it has caused g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1766
Extent:

1 folio