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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [8v] (1/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 Feb 1820. 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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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses copies of his letters (not included with this letter) to William Grant Keir. He goes on to relay his communications with Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir], who has assured Bruce that he will abide by the wishes of the British Government and will not commit any further acts of piracy against Bahrain or any other parts of the Gulf. Bruce goes on to discuss the Prince of Sheerauz [Shiraz] and his plan of launching an attack on Bahrain, which Bruce believes will never take place.
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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [8v] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 8v-9, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x000016> [accessed 23 November 2024]
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- Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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