Letter from Philip Henry Bridges, Commander of HM Sloop Challenger and Senior Officer in the Persian Gulf to William Bruce, Honourable Company's Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is confirming that the Challenger will stay at Bushire as requested due to the risk of attack from the Joasemee [Qawāsim].
Letter from Henry Willock, HM Charge d'affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is asking the Resident to pay a bonus to the Cossid conveying a dispatch (not present) for India, which accompanies this letter, if he reaches Bushire by a certain date. It further requests that he provides a subsistence allowance to the Cossid for each day he has to remain at Bushire.
Letter from William Walpole, Captain of HM Sloop Curlew in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting an interpreter for the HC Cruizer Vestal, as it has been ordered to Kuteef [Al-Qaṭīf]; the Commander, Lieutenant Watson, has had great difficulties communicating with the principle persons of that port recently, due to the absence of an interpreter on board. The letter...
