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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [172r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 Oct 1808. 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 is conveying intelligence that William Bruce has received indicating that a Persian force has left Sheraz [Shiraz] for Bushire, for the purpose of deposing the Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān from the position of Governor of Bushire. He describes measures he has taken to secure company treasure and requests the deployment of an additional cruizer at Bushire, to afford protection and further communication options for 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. .
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [172r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 171-172, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x0000b7> [accessed 9 January 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 171-172
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
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- 172r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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