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IOR/L/PS/9/76/6
- Record Id:
- 041-003710914
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378627.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128168580.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/6
- Title:
- Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Scope & Content:
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Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].
Two copies of a letter dated 11 April 1781. The letter forwards intelligence received in Bussora and discusses issues in communicating with London. Subjects covered include:
- The detention of messengers carrying letters received from India via the ship Morning Star en route to Aleppo
- Reports received from Aleppo and Constantinople [Istanbul], in particular news of a rupture with Holland which Latouche has forwarded with high priority to India via the Morning Star, and attempts to intercept Dutch communications
- Arrangements for East India Company merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth to travel to India via Bussora
- The movements of French travellers and attempts to intercept a French officer reported to be travelling to India
- The expedition of the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe]
- Political intelligence from the Gulf region, including a rumoured attack on Ispahan [Esfahan] by Sadoo Caun [Muḥammad Sādiq Khān Zand], and civil conflict in Muscat.
The second letter, dated 25 February 1781, forwards copies of letters received via the Morning Star to the Court of Directors via the camp of the Basha and Constantinople. Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/3.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003710908
041-003710914 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/76 : Letters from Iraq 1781-1805
IOR/L/PS/9/76/6 : Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0006]/041-003710914
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378627.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 25 Feb 1781-11 Apr 1781
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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