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21. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 87v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 87v
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 relays Shaik Saddoon's [Sheikh Sa‘dūn] reply to the mussaleem [mutasallim]of Basra's request for assistance against the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1766
Extent:

1 folio

22. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 100-100v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 100-100v
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the trade in Carmenia wool and the purchase of raw silk in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

23. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 104-104v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 104-104v
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Commodore Fountain Price, commander of the Salamander and the Defiance
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request, precipitated by concern over the intentions of a Persian army descending on Bushire, for ropes and to know what woollens they have aboard.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1767
Extent:

1 folio

24. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 196
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, Thomas Byfield, John Spencer, Charles Waters, Samuel Court, and Cecil Bowyer, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of damage done to goods assigned to Bushire during gales off Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1764
Extent:

1 folio

25. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 197
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Andrew Price, John Spencer, Charles Waters, Samuel Court, Cecil Bowyear, President and Council at Bombay, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of Peter Elwin Wrench's appointment as Agent in the Persian Gulf and that 1% consulage is to be collected on all trade at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1764
Extent:

1 folio

26. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 203
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Hornby, William Andrew Price, Charles Waters, Cecil Bowyer, and Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter covers a shipment of sundry goods aboard the London and gives instructions as to how to transport items for Bussora [Basra] from Bushire. Also asks whether a surplus of scarlet Worsters [Worcesters] at Bombay will sell at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1764
Extent:

1 folio

27. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 218-218v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 218-218v
Title:
Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Hornby, William Andrew Price, Samuel Court, and Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis and William Bowyear, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter expresses regret at the loss of Carrack [Kharg] to Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and the subsequent threat to Bushire, but stipulates that the Company should not get involved in the disputes between the Mīr, the Dutch, and the Persian government. Approval is given for Jervis' accommodati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1766
Extent:

1 folio

28. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225
Title:
Letter from Samuel Stedman, accountant at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses an invoice for the Admiral Pocock (not present).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

29. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 65-66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 65-66
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the situation with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna], with updates on the movements of Karim Khan's forces. The author expresses concerns that if the English do not assist the Khan, the Dutch will do so and reep the political and commercial benefits. The trade of woollens is discu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1765
Extent:

2 folios

30. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 81-82v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 81-82v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is mainly a defence against accusations of neglect and impropriety made by the Agent at Basra regarding the relaying of news, use of express boats, and the employment of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a former writer at Basra accused of spying for the Turks. Also contains a report on the secu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1766
Extent:

2 folios