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21. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 13-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 13-14
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing for the Resident's attention, a further petition (folios 13v-14) from Bukshee Khanum, widow of the late Aga Mohamed Bebahnee, addressed to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, dated 12 December 1819. The letter relates to a claim upo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1819
Extent:

2 folios

22. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 21-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 21-26
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to Britain's suppression of 'piracies' in the Gulf, and its treaties with the rulers of the region. In the letter, Grant Keir writes to inform Bruce that he has signed a Preliminary Treaty with the ruler of Bahrain. He includes a number of enclosures with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1820
Extent:

6 folios

23. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 58v-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 58v-59
Title:
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent, to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a further letter from Captain R Warto, Paymaster at Kishma [Qeshm] to Dow, dated 3 November 1820. In his letter, Warto requests Dow's assistance in the raising of 50,000 rupees for the payment of British troops in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1820
Extent:
2 folios

24. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's letter of 21 October 1819, stating that the Honourable Governor in Council approves of Bruce's engagement of the services of a 'Burbon [Bourbon] French man' for the reasons stated.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1819
Extent:

1 folio

25. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18-18v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18-18v
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's letter of 29 October 1819, stating that the assistant surgeon Dow proceeded to Bushire on 14 October in the cruizer Benares.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1819
Extent:

1 folio

26. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 34
Title:
Circular letter from Richard Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter enclosing correspondence to be forwarded to High Royal Highness Hussain Alli [Hussain Ali Mirza], Prince Regent of Fars.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 folio

27. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56-56v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56-56v
Title:
Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns deteriorating relations between the British and the Baghdad Government. Taylor writes that in light of the recent 'outrageous and unjustifiable' seizure of British property by the Baghdad Government, the Residency in Baghdad is suspending all communications between the people ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1820
Extent:
1 folio

28. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 26-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 26-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns water supplies to Britain's military force in the Gulf. In the letter Perronet states that supplies of fresh water on the Ra's al-Khaymah coast, where he and his regiment are currently stationed, are low. He requests the urgent dispatch of three-hundred tons of water to be sen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1820
Extent:

3 folios

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 15v 1
Title:
Letter from J. Kinnersley, Military Pay Master, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Kinnersley informs Bruce that 'sundry bills for contingent charges' totalling 621 rupees has been passed to the Military Auditor General.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1819
Extent:

1 folio

30. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 16-16v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 16-16v
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Grant Keir writes that he expects operations on the Arab coast to be complete in the next day or so, in that all fortifications considered important will have been destroyed, guns confiscated, and all boats larger than those used for pearling and fishing also confiscated. Grant Keir states that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1820
Extent:

1 folio