Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter reports the news that George Skipp has returned from Shyrass [Shiraz] and now sails to Basra with George Green and a large amount of Bushire stock aboard the Revenge and Tyger. Also reports that the Eagle, and the Fancy, and the Dolphin have begun their patrol between Carrack [Kharg] ...
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter reports that a fleet of boats carrying coffee are on their way to Basra, that Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] has taken a large dingey belonging to the Sheikh of Bushire, and that a small boat has been captured off Carrack [Kharg]. An account of a pursuit of some of Mīr Muhanna's boats is ...
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Thomas Farmer, Commander in Chief of the Company's Marine Force in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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The letter sets out detailed orders for convoy for a boat to Muscat and to patrol off Carrack [Kharg].
Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter discusses the movement and condition of ships, including the proposed patrol from Bushire down the Gulf. Relays reports from Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan] that Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] gallivats were seen near Kishmee [Qeshm]. A request for cash is made.
Letter from William Andrew Price and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Factor at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter is an admonishment for not following orders regarding the sale of perpets and broadcloth separately, and requests Jervis's presence at Basra to regulate accounts. A request for any available copper is also made.
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter is a further complaint about infrequent communication. It gives permission for two extra sepoys at Bushire due to threat of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. There is notification that Mīr Muhanna has denied knowledge of the recent theft of Company property. There is also a discussion of th...
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter discusses the mutiny aboard the Islamabad by Arab sailors who murdered its captain and officers and stole the goods on board. The author agrees to send the Tartar to try and retrieve the stolen loot from the village of Magoo [Bandar Moghuyeh] where it is (wrongly) believed to be held....
Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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The letter requests that the Tartar, which cannot yet sail to Bombay because of the monsoon, be sent to Basra in order to take Robert Garden to Bombay and a consignment of tin to Bushire, if they are able to sell it. The letter is dated 25 May 1766, but given the context and the information con...
