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IOR/L/PS/9/76/13
- Record Id:
- 041-003710921
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378634.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128168204.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/13
- 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].
The first letter, sent from Bussora and dated 1 May 1781, covers subjects including:
- Reports received from Bushire [Bushehr] concerning the movements of English ships and civil conflict in Muscat, including a report that a force from Julphar [Ra’s al-Khaymah] is planning to intervene
- Reports received from India regarding the conflict with the Mahrattas [First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783]
- An intercepted Dutch letter relaying news of the rupture in relations with Britain to Dutch colonies in India
- Peace between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe] and Latouche’s hopes that this will increase the trade and security of Bussora
- Robberies allegedly connected to the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b].
Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.
The second letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 May 1781, covers subjects including:
- The arrival in Bussora of the merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth and arrangements for their passage to India
- The transit via Bussora of dispatches from London to India
- The movements of other travellers, including suspected French and Dutch agents.
Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.
The third letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 June 1781, covers subjects including:
- Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the Gulf
- The activities of the Basha, including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of Bussora
- News of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to Bombay
- News from Bombay regarding English ships
- Intelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].
Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.
- 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
041-003710921 - 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/9/76/13 : Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0013]/041-003710921
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378634.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1 May 1781-15 Jun 1781
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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