‘Vol 21 Letters inward’

Content

The file contains copies of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce, and to James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Acting Resident at Bushire. Correspondence is sent to the Resident by a range of individuals, including various secretaries to the Government in Bombay, representatives of the civil and military auditors in Bombay, the British Envoy in Persia, Sir Henry Willock, and the Commanding Officers and Paymasters of British vessels on missions in the Gulf.

The subjects covered in the file include: the forwarding and receiving of packets and letters from Tehran, Bombay; disbursements and other financial activities of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; ongoing British military action against the Al Qasimi tribe at Ra's al-Khaymah.

Extent and format

1 volume, 95 items (62 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 3

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 3v-4

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12

Letter from Lieutenant M. Donald, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 13

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 13-14

Letter from George Swinton, Personal Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 14

Letter from George Swinton, Personal Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f14v

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, Military Department, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 15 1

Letter from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 15 2

Letter from J. Kinnersley, Military Pay Master, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 15v 1

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 15v 2

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 16

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 16-16v

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, on board His Majesty's Ship Liverpool , to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 16v-17

Letter from Lieutenant M. Donald, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 17

Letter no.855 of 1819/20 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 17v

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 17v-18

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 18-18v

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 18v-19

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Doctor James Dow, In Charge of the Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20-20v

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20v

Letter from George Litchfield, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 1

Letter from Captain Waterman, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 2

Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 21-26

Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 26-28

Letter from Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 28

Letter from Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 28v 1

Letter from Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to John [James] Dow

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 28v 2

Letter from Richard Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 29

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 29-29v

Letter no.424 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 29v

Letter no.429 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 30

Letter no.423 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 30-30v

Letter no.51 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 30v

Letter no.425 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31 1

Letter from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31 2

Letter from Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Paymaster, to the Acting Resident, Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31v

Letter no. 434 of 1821 from Henderson, to the Assistant Surgeon James Dow, In Charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 31v-32

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 32v 1

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 32v 2

Letter no.44 of 1820, from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 33 1

Letter no.168 of 1820, from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 33 2

Letter from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 33v

Circular letter from Richard Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 33v-34

Circular letter from Richard Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 34

Letter no.611 of 1820, from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 34-34v

Letter no.1493 of 1819/20 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 34v

Letter no.619 of 1820, from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 35 1

Letter from the Acting Civil Paymaster to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 35 2

Letter no.669 of 1820, from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 35v

Letter no.676 of 1820, from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 35v-36

Letter from M Black, to the Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 36

Letter from George Forster Sadleir, to The Officer in Charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 36v

Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to the Acting Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 36v-37

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, the Acting Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 37-43

Letter no.247 of 1820, from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 43v

Circular letter no.450 of 1820, from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 43v-44

Letter no.222 of 1820, from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 45

Government Advertisement (Public Department), from John Wedderburn, Auditor of Civil Accounts

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 45-45v

Letter no.89 of 1820/21 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46

Circular letter no.769 of 1820, from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46-46v

Letter no.166 of 1820/21 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46v

Circular letter no.813 of 1820, from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 47 1

Letter from J Kinnersley, Military Pay Master, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 47 2

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, In Charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 47v

Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, In Charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 47v-48

Letter from C Mallard, Political Agent at Laristan, to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 48-48v

Letter from Charles Gray, to James Dow, Officer in Charge of the Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, 48v

Letter from J Price, In Charge for Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Paymaster in the Persian Gulf, to James Dow, Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 49-50

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 50

Letter from J Arthur, Lieutenant Commanding H.C.C. Benares , to James Dow, Acting Resident in Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 50v

Letter from Captain Thomas Woodly, Commanding Officer of the ship Udny , to Doctor James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 50v-51

Letter from James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, to Captain Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 51-52

Letter from Thomas Woodly, Commanding Officer of the ship Udny , to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 52v

Letter from Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, Acting Resident in Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 52v-53

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53

Letter from Lieutenant Price, Acting Paymaster, to James Dow, Assistant Surgeon and Acting Resident in Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53v

Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to James Dowe [sic]

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 54

Letter from N Smith, 1st Officer, ship Kusroevie , to the Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 54v

Letter no.1047 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55

Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55v

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Basra, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56

Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56-56v

Letter from Henry Meriton, Superintendent, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 56v-57

Letter no.1323 of 1820 from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 57

Letter no.1505 of 1820, from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to the Assistant Surgeon James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 57v

Letter no.374 of 1820 from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 58

Letter no.1480 of 1820, from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to the Assistant Surgeon James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 58-58v

Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent, to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 58v-59

Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding Agent, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 59v

Letter no.1447 of 1820 from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 59v-62

Letter from J Kinnersley, Military Pay Master, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 62v

Letter from B Doveton, Military Accountant, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/21, f 63

Arrangement

It is probable that the items in the file have been arranged in the order that they were received at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . The result is that the items in the file are arranged in only a rough chronological order, from the earliest letters at the front, to the latest at the back.

Each page has a date written on its header, running from 11 January 1820 at the front of the volume, to 31 December 1820 at the end of the volume. These dates presumably reflect when letters were received and/or copied into the volume by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. clerk.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The volume also has an original pagination system, which uses ink numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages.

Condition: There is some insect damage throughout the volume, but it is not sufficient to impair the legibility or understanding of the material. Some of the pages at the back of the volume have suffered from water damage, which has made text more difficult to read, but not illegible.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/21

Former external reference(s)

Book no.21

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Nov 1819-31 Dec 1820 (CE, Gregorian)

Context of creation

In late 1819, the British Government launched a significant military naval assault against the Al Qasimi tribe based at Ra's al-Khaymah. The result of this action was the signing of preliminary and general treaties between the British and a number of rulers along the Arab coast of the Gulf in early 1820.

Subjects

Military operations

Places

Rass el Khyma

People & organisations

Residency Surgeon, Persian GulfSir William Keir Grant, KnightWahabi (Tribe)Āl Qawāsim (Tribe)

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