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Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire [87v] (4/9)
The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 7 Nov 1812. 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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Letter instructs Bruce to procure a quantity of raw silk (of the finest quality), Carmenia wool, and Persian carpets for an amount not exeeding 50,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Includes the following enclosures: a report, dated 24 October 1812, addressed to G[eorge] Vandeput Drury, Export Warehouse Keeper, on the samples of Carmenia wool and Ghilan [Gilan] silk that were recently consigned by Lieutenant Robert Taylor to Bombay; an extract of a letter, dated 6 June 1810, from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , expressing its desire to procure Carmenia wool for the European market; two further extracts of letters, dated 12 March 1776 and 2 March 1768 respectively, from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , on the subject of importing silk from Bushire.
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Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire [87v] (4/9), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/13, ff 86-90, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023939699.0x0000be> [accessed 30 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/13, ff 86-90
- Title
- Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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- 86r:90r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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