A note in Farsi from the Bacha of Bagdat [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 10 October 1804. An English version of this document is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/360.
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privatee...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 11 January 1805. The letter reports the departure from Bussora of ships carrying mail to India, including news of the outbreak of war between Brita...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 13 January 1805. The letter concerns the transit of mail between Britain and India, including mail salvaged from the captured ship Shannon and news of...
A translation of a letter from Prince Hossein Aly Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] to Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], dated Sufer ool Mozuffer [Ṣafar] 1218/c June 1803. The letter acknowledges Lovett’s arrival in Bushire and states that he wi...
A translation of a letter from Cheragh Aly Khan [Chirāgh ‘Alī Khān Navā’ī, Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars] to Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], received 26 June 1803. Cheragh Aly Khan describes his efforts at the Court of Persia [Iran] to lessen the negative effect o...
A translation of a letter from Meerza Reza Kouli [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik, Principal Secretary to the Shāh of Persia], to Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], received 26 June 1803. The letter acknowledges Lovett’s arrival at Bushire and states that communicati...
A translation of a letter from Cheragh Aly Khan [Chirāgh ‘Alī Khān Navā’ī, Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars] to Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], undated. The letter acknowledges Lovett’s arrival in Bushire and discuss communication between Lovett and the Court of Persi...
‘Abstract of the Routes of Lieutts Christie and Pottinger. 1810-’
Scope & Content:
A copy of an abstract describing the overland routes to Persia [Iran] taken by Lieutenants Charles Christie and Henry Pottinger from the port of Sonmeany [Sonmiani], for the purpose of exploring Siestan [Sistan] and Baloochistan [Balochistan], on the instructions of Brigadier-General John Malcol...
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 19 February 1781, covers subjects including: The movements of the ...