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 cover for letters from the Agent to Carem Caun [Karim Khan] and from the Ottoman Mussaleem (motasallem - governor) to Shaik Sadoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. It is reported that the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] have fled to Durack [Dowraq] and are likely to seek asylum in Persia. There is an order to t...
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 cover for a letter from the Agent to Shaik Sadoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn]. There is a request for more frequent updates on the situation with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and a repeat of the order for Benjamin Jervis to depart for Bombay before the monsoon, to be replaced by William Bowyear.
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for a letter (not enclosed) to Karim Khan from Henry Moore. Directions for cruizers when they arrive from Bombay are given. Trading strategy is discussed, specifically the selling of broadcloth with perpets. Permission to open the late William Bowyear's private letters is g...
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for another for George Skipp in Shiraz (not present) and contains the news that the Turks have seized eleven of Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] boats at Basra and the Bombay, Tyger, and Wolf ships had failed in an attempt to seize more of the Mīr's gallivats (a type of large b...
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont and William Lewis, his assistants, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for copies of commands from Bombay (not present) and duplicates of previous letters (not present).
Letter from George Skipp, in Schiras [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter gives details of the author's negotiations with the Vackeel [Karim Khan] and the Sheikhs of Bushire over promised assistance for the attack on Carrack [Kharg] Island and expresses his frustrations with what he sees as the Khan's capriciousness.
Letter from George Skipp, in Schyras [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter describes how Karim Khan yet again gave the author assurances the he will assist the English in their attack on Carrack [Kharg] Island with 7000 men under the command of his half-brother, Zackey Caun [Zāki Khan Zand], and then yet again went back on those assurances. Skipp expresses hi...
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and his assistant, John Beaumont, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a packet for George Skipp at Shiraz and gives orders to provide convoy for all ships travelling north to Bussora [Basra] and south to Cape Verdistan (headland 80 miles SSW of Bushire) due to the threat of attack from Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] gallivats. The cost of a t...
