Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
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The letter explains that the Drake is detained at Bushire because of the monsoon. It discusses the security situation in the region, how it is hurting trade, and how no further progress has been made with Carem Caun [Karim Khan] or his brother, Sadoo [Sadiq Khan] on the issue of sending a force ...
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter tells of the demand for scarlet perpetuanas, especially from the merchants of Corasoon [Khorāsān], and requests that more be sent from India, along with paper and medicines. Also discussed is the conflict between Carem Caun [Karim Khan] and meer mahana [Mīr Muhanna], specifically a re...
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
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The letter discusses the poor state of the woollen trade and expresses the hope that things will improve once perpets arrive from Bombay and the merchants arrive from Corasoon [Khorāsān]. A trankey that was sent to Bushire by the Company broker at Muscat is also mentioned, as well as the fact th...
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter begins with a brief discussion of trade at Bushire, mentioning the lower prices at Bussora [Basra] and Muscat, the problems caused by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna], and expressing the hope that things will soon improve. The rest of the letter concerns the trade in raw silk at Gilan and ...
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter gives an account of the 'Islamabad Affair', the murder of the captain and officers aboard the Company ship, the Islamabad, by the Arab seamen serving on board, and the subsequent plunder of its treasure.
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an update of affairs at Bushire, giving reasons of security as justification for the detenion of the Tartar, and news of the movements of both Carem Khaun [Karim Khan] and Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also reports the raid on a caffala between Bushire and Schirass [Shiraz] by Mīr Mu...
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
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The letter confirms the orders recently given to send ships to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b], with justifications for doing so.
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for packets being sent from Bussora [Basra] via Muscat. It also discusses the current poor state of trade in the country around Bushire.