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IOR/L/PS/9/76/34
- Record Id:
- 041-003710942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378660.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125775487.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/34
- Title:
- Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
- Scope & Content:
-
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].
Part of a letter dated 18 June 1783. Subjects covered include:
- Latouche’s complaints against the conduct of David Hays, Proconsul in Aleppo, 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].
The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/17. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/33.
The second letter, dated 2 July 1783, covers subjects including:
- The transit to London of mail from India via Bussora
- 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].
- 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
041-003710942 - 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/9/76/34 : Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0034]/041-003710942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378660.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1781-1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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