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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra] [170v] (3/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 24 Mar 1813. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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The letter details, for the information of the Resident at Bussora [Basra], the circumstances surrounding the flight of the Country Ship Rhiamshaw [ Rhaim Shaw ] from the Bushire Roads under the command of Captain Heathorn. It also explains the importance behind returning the vessel to Bushire. It further informs him that William Bruce has received intelligence placing the ship in question off the Bussora Bar, and that he has dispatched the HC Cruizer Ternate to retrieve her.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra] [170v] (3/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 169v-170, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023623330.0x000095> [accessed 22 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 169v-170
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra]
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- 170r:170v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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