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IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 1-2
- Record Id:
- 041-002409997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000005993.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023598781.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 1-2
- Title:
- Letter No. 3 to William Hornby, President and Governor, Council at Bombay, from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
-
The letter gives more details regarding the death of Lieutenant William Burns (as reported in IOR/R/15/1/3, p 1 2) who had arrived in Bushire on 9 May 1778.
The letter reports that in consequence of Ally Mahomet Kahn's [Ali Mohammed Khan, the Zand Governor of Basra] latest defeat by Arab forces that two Gallivats had set sail from Bushire to Bussora [Basra] by order of the Nakheeb [Karim Khan Zand] and that two ships were also sent there from Bunderich [Bander-e Rig] and Genova [Bandar Ganaveh]. The letter also reports that Captain Charles Virtue of the Bombay Merchants had arrived in Bushire on the 11 July 1778 with goods from Bengal, Mysore and Muscat. The letter concludes by stating that reports of a French ship that had put in at Muscat after attempting to take an English vessel from Surat were 'entirely groundless'.
Shipped by express dow via Muscat.
The date span of the entire file (1778 to 1787) is marked on the top right-hand side of the first page of the item in large handwritten-text.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227429
040-000227432
041-002409997 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/1-5 : Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/3 : Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 1-2 : Letter No. 3 to William Hornby, President and Governor, Council at Bombay, from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0001]/038-000227429[0003]/040-000227432[0003]/041-002409997
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1778
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- 12 Jul 1778
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- A thin strip of the right-hand side of the first page of the item is missing but the text remains legible on the whole.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)