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IOR/L/PS/9/76/33
- Record Id:
- 041-003710941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378659.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125775452.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/33
- Title:
- Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
- Scope & Content:
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Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of 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, dated 26 May 1783, covers the transit of overland mail via Aleppo, in particular the clash of authority between Mrs Marianna Abbott, the widow of the late Consul John Abbott, and David Hays, Proconsul, over the management of correspondence in Aleppo.
The second letter, dated 18 June 1783, covers subjects including:
- Arrangements for the travel of Major Geils and M Froment to India and the transit of the important despatches they are carrying, including preliminary peace articles with France, Spain, and America [American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]
- The difficulties in communicating with Muscat due to a blockade by Grain [Kuwait] following an attack on Zebara [Al Zubara] by Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir Khān Āl Mazkūr] of Bushire [Bushehr]
- Latouche’s complaints against David Hays regarding his management of correspondence in Aleppo
- The murder of Shaik Baracat [Shaikh Barakāt] by his brother Guthman [Ghazbān] and the latter’s assumption of the leadership of the Chaub Arabs [Banū Ka‘b].
- 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
041-003710941 - 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/9/76/33 : Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0033]/041-003710941
- 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_100109378659.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 26 May 1783-18 Jun 1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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