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501. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 32-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 32-34
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter discusses the visit to Bushire of Shaik Abrahim iben Abdil Karim, envoy of the Wahabee [Wahabi] Chief. Bruce reports that the Wahabee Chief is anxious to enter into terms of friendship with the British Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1813
Extent:
3 folios

502. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 44v-45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 44v-45
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges the receipt of letters, dated 16 and 26 August 1813, instructing William Bruce to effect a treaty with the Joasimese [Āl Qāsimī] Chief, based on the treaty negotiated by Captain David Seton in 1806, and including a stipulation binding the Chieftain to restrain his subjects fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1813
Extent:
2 folios

503. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 45-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 45-46
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to the Military Paymaster General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns bills of supplies made to members of the Military Guard attached to the Bushire Residency during January, February, March and April 1813.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1813
Extent:
2 folios

504. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 46v-47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 46v-47
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter states that Lieutenant Robert Taylor is proceeding to India with dispatches from the British Ambassador at the Court of Persia [Sir Gore Ouseley] for the Supreme Government. Bruce also states that Taylor is accompanying a Persian officer who is seeking to secure some military stores on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1813
Extent:
2 folios

505. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 48v-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 48v-49
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns shawl cloths that have been consigned to Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1813
Extent:
2 folios

506. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 53-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 53-54
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Tehran, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges the Board's decision to abolish the office of Marine Agent in the Persian Gulf, and accepts the order that the Marine Agent's duties will now be carried out by the Resident at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1814
Extent:
2 folios

507. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 55v-56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 55v-56
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Tehran, to Officers and Gentlemen Employed in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns the forwarding of packages from Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1814
Extent:
2 folios

508. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 81v-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 81v-82
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Lieutenant Charles J Maillard, Commander of the Company Cruiser, the Prince of Wales
Scope & Content:
Letter asks Maillard to ascertain whether a certain passenger on his ship is charged with dispatches for the French Agent at Bussora [Basra].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1814
Extent:
2 folios

509. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 83-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 83-84
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter informs Nepean of the King of Persia [Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar]'s request for 500 plates of looking glass, which he intends to use to line the walls of his palace.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1814
Extent:
2 folios

510. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 85v-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 85v-86
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter provides details, obtained from the Broker at Muscat, of a proposal made by Mohamed ben Solama [Muhammad bin Salama] to the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd]. The proposal, which apparently was rejected by the Imam of Muscat, would have required Muscat to furnish the Wahabee [Waha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1814
Extent:
2 folios