Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to return the Tartar to Basra as soon as possible and to forward a packet for Bombay onwards to Muscatt [Muscat].
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request that the commanders of the Tartar and the Success be paid at Bushire due to a lack of cash at Basra.
Letter from Dymoke Lyster and George Skipp, acting East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses who is in command of the Caun's [Karim Khan] army that is descending to Bushire, authorising the giving of gifts if the Resident thinks it necessary. It is also outlined what should be done should the Khan request assistance against the Meer [Mīr Muhanna]. It reports that tw...
Letter Henry Moore and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for others to Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and George Skipp (neither present). There is an order to advise the Company broker at Muscat, Narrotum, of the current unstable situation so that he may alert ships coming up the Gulf.
Letter from George Skipp, in Shiraz, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a packet for the Agency at Basra. There is a postscript confirming receipt of the 'arzee' (petition) for Karim Khan's assistance from the commanders of the expedition against Kharg Island. The author informs that it cannot be delivered immediately due to it being Moharum ...
Letter from George Skipp, Company envoy to the court of Karim Khan at Schyrass [Shiraz], to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a packet for the Agency at Bussora [Basra].