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931. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

932. IOR/R/15/1/10-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10-37
Title:
Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain transcribed copies of letters received and sent by the Residency at Bushire, arranged separately in roughly annual volumes. There is almost complete coverage of both inward and outward correspondence for the years 1806-1826, but a number of volumes are incomplete. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1806-1826
Extent:
28 volumes (2757 folios)

933. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 1A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 1A
Title:
Letter from John Shore, Secretary of the Marine Board, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns goods that have been landed in Bushire and instructions concerning modifications that are to be made to the vessel Varuna, which is to be made ready to sail by 1 December 1806. It also outlines the terms and conditions for the possible use of the ship by the East India Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806
Extent:
1 folio

934. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 2
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter lists the enclosure of a range of accounts (concerning pay and allowances), receipts, a bill and the Quick and Dead Stocks (all not present).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

935. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that ships dispatched for the Shiek Nassaras have returned bearing news of his death. The letter further states that the eldest son (not named) of the deceased anticipates trouble with the succession as Shiek Kaunum, cousin of the deceased, has desired possession of the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

936. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 3v
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns contradictory intelligence received from Mahomed Nebee Khan and the Persian Court concerning a military engagement which has taken place between the French and the Russians. The Resident favours the account provided by Mahomed Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] which claims the French...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

937. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 4
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Captain Buden, Commander of the HCC Mornington
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that the Captain of the HCC Mornington weigh and take charge of the Fox, which has lost its anchor in Bushire Roads, until it can be sent to Bombay or can recover said anchor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

938. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 4v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 4v
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter provides notification of the sale of one hundred bales of wool by the Residency at the usual price, but due to the risks to the East India Company from selling goods on credit in the region, he has sold them for cash and has offered a discount on the condition of prompt payment. The R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

939. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 5
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Political Secretary to the Government, Fort William, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], the process of him being invested with the Government of Bushire and a request for a loan of 10,000 Piasters [Piastres] the Resident has received from him; a request which the Resident has refused. It also notes that Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥamm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

940. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 5v
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses a copy of the letter (not present) sent to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone dated 18 June 1807.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 folio

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