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...