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IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 10v-12
- Record Id:
- 041-002558769
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022524396.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00001d
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 10v-12
- Title:
- Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont and William Price, his assistants, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
- Scope & Content:
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The letter gives details of ship movements and packet exchange. Enclosed are two letters for the commanders of the expedition to Bushire.
Enclosed letter 1: to Captain Charles Elphinstone, Commander in Chief of the Honourable East India Company's Marine Force in the Gulph of Persia. Gives instructions as to which ships to send back to Basra for a blockade of the Haffar [al-Ḥaffār, part of the Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab] and which to keep at Bushire as part of the expedition.
Enclosed letter 2: to Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, Commanders in Chief of the Honourable East India Company's Marine and Military Forces in the Gulph of Persia. Gives detailed orders for the expedition against the Island of Carrack [Kharg] and the aim of capturing Meer Mahana [Mīr Muhanna].
Both letters are dated 21 April 1768. The second is certified as a true copy with the signature of William Digges Latouche, Secretary at Basra.
- 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
040-000227430
041-002558769 - 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/15/1/1 : Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 10v-12 : Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and John Beaumont and William Price, his assistants,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0001]/038-000227429[0001]/040-000227430[0019]/041-002558769
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003b5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1768
- End Date:
- 1768
- Date Range:
- 21 Apr 1768
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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