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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [‎173r] (1/2)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/10, f 173

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 11 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 mentions that Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the Governor of Bushire, is active in his preparations for the defence of Bushire and that Mohumed Nebbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] has moved his Haram out of the town.

One enclosure; letter from Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia to Lieutenant William Bruce. The letter regards official dispatches for the Government at Calcutta.

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IOR/R/15/1/10, f 173
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
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