Letter from William Walpole, Captain of HM Sloop Curlew in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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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...
Letter no.425 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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In the letter Warden acknowledges receipt of Bruce's letter dated 8 February, with its enclosures from Major General Sir William Grant Keir. Warden writes that the Honourable Acting President in Council approves of Bruce's decision to join Grant Keir's force on the Persian coast.
Letter from Thomas Woodly, Commanding Officer of the ship Udny, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
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The letter is an acknowledgement of Dow's letter of the previous day. Woodly states that it will not be safe to imprison John O'Heale on the Udny, as he has threatened the lives of Woodly and the other officers. Woodly asks that O'Heale be forwarded to the civil authority at Bombay to answer the ...
Letter no.374 of 1820 from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
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The letter relates to the payment of British troops in the Persian Gulf. Farish acknowledges receipt of previous correspondence from Dow, stating that the Honourable Governor in Council approves of Dow's raising 50,000 rupees for the payment of British troops at Kishma [Qeshm].
Letter from J Price, In Charge for Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Paymaster in the Persian Gulf, to James Dow, Bushire
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The letter relates to the payment of British troops stationed in the Gulf. Price writes to Bruce, requesting assistance in the raising of funds at Bushire on the best possible terms, in order to pay the troops. Price states a preference for German crowns or Spanish dollars over Indian rupees, cla...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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In this letter William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, responds to commands for information on Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]. Bruce provides details of how Sultan bin Sugger lost control of Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and sought the protection of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultā...
Letter No 24 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing reports (not present) on British imports and exports at Bushire for 1821. It offers explanations for why both fell short of expectations that year.
Letter from John Tod, Assistant Surgeon in Charge of the Bushire Residency to Henry Willock, HM Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is explaining that a bill from Edward James Matthew for his travelling expenses from Bushire to Tehran has been returned; it is understood that the cost of his passage from Bushire was to be paid for by HM Mission to the Court of Persia, rather than by the Bombay Government.
