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241. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 82v-83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 82v-83
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reports the recent arrival at Bushire of an emissary named Vincent Maurice, who is employed by the French Agent at Bussora [Basra]. Bruce states that he has written to Lieutenant [Charles J] Maillard, Commander of the Prince of Wales, on which Maurice is a passenger, to inform Maillard of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1814
Extent:
2 folios

242. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 84v-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 84v-85
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter discusses the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd]'s second expedition against the Joasemiis [Qawāsim]. William Bruce states that the Imam has the support of the Beni Yass [Bani Yas] tribe, and Sultaun Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]. Includes a copy of a translation of a letter, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1814
Extent:
2 folios

243. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 86v-87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 86v-87
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to General John Abercromby, President and Governor in Council, Fort St George
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns the financial claim of Jafer Ali Khan, son of the late Nawab Hossain Ali Khan of Massulipatnam [Machilipatnam]. Abercromby's name has been written as 'Abercrombie' in this letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1814
Extent:
2 folios

244. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 89v-90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 89v-90
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter states that William Bruce has persuaded the commander and agents of the Ahmed Shah to alter the ship's intended voyage so that it can transmit a packet directly to Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1814
Extent:
2 folios

245. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 90v-91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 90v-91
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter states that a consignment of gum ammoniacum [gum ammoniac] has been shipped on the Ahmed Shah as a replacement for the quantity that was lost on board the Duncan in January 1813. Includes an invoice for sixty bales of gum.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1814
Extent:
2 folios

246. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 96-98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 96-98
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relates to the wreck of the Ahmed Shah and the subsequent ill conduct of the Shaik [Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmad] of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak]. William Bruce reports that Stephen Watson Henshaw, accompanied by the ship's commander, Captain [S] Herriman, has proceeded to Charrack, in order to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1814
Extent:
3 folios

247. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 99-100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 99-100
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relates to the conduct of Abdella ben Ahmed [Abdullah bin Ahmad] of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] regarding property from the wrecked Ahmed Shah. William Bruce reports on Stephen Watson Henshaw's mission to retrieve the property in question. He also transmits a copy of a translation of a lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1814
Extent:
2 folios

248. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 100v-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 100v-101
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter encloses a copy of a letter, dated 11 August 1814, from William Bruce to J Prior, Captain of HMS Acorn. In his address to Prior, Bruce recounts both the loss of the Ahmed Shah and the ill conduct of Shaik Abdulla ben Ahmed [Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmad] of Charack [Bandar-e Chārak], who has s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1814
Extent:
2 folios

249. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 113-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 113-118
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter discusses William Bruce's meeting at Bushire with Hassan ben Mohummed ben Gaith [Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ghaith], Vakeel of Hassan ben Rehma [Hasan bin Rahma], the Joassemee [Āl Qāsimī] Chief. Bruce reports that Hassan ben Rehma continues to deny having captured any British property. Bruce ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1814
Extent:
6 folios

250. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 119v-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 119v-120
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reports that eighty-seven bales of native sulphur have been sent to Bombay on board the bugalah [buggalow], Omeide, for transmission to Madras. Includes the following enclosures: [1] an invoice for the bales of sulphur; [2] a bill of exchange for the consignment of sulphur; [3] a copy of a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1814
Extent:
2 folios