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IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22
- Record Id:
- 041-002560585
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022542699.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024054291.0x00001c
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22
- Title:
- Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, off Charrack, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
- Scope & Content:
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This is a letter in response to William Grant Keir's request for information regarding acts of piracy committed on the Persian shore of the Gulf. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts an act of piracy committed by the people of Charrak [Bandar-e Charak] in 1814 and describes Stephen Watson Henshaw's success in recovering most of the plundered treasure. Bruce recounts his own (failed) attempt to recover the rest of the plundered property from Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] in 1816. He goes on to write that for a long time the Persian ports resisted entering into terms with the pirates. He states that he does not believe that they would ever have done so if they had been properly supported by the Sheeraz [Shiraz] Government. Bruce concludes that without proper assistance, none of the Persian ports were able to cope against the force of Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah].
- 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
038-000227440
040-000227453
041-002560585 - 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/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/22 : Vol 22: Letters Outward
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22 : Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, off Charrack, to Major General Sir William… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0013]/040-000227453[0028]/041-002560585
- 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_100000000159.0x000004
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 20 Feb 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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