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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [39v] (3/5)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Nov 1822. 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 concerns the treaty negotiated by William Bruce with the Persian authorities at Shirauz [Shiraz]. It explains that this action was not only unauthorised, but contrary to British foreign policy in respect to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and makes intolerable concessions to Persia. It especially notes the concession of Kishm [Qeshm] and Bahrain as potentially injurious to British relations with various powers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
It therefore declares that the Governor of Bombay has disavowed the treaty, and removed William Bruce from his position as Resident at Bushire.
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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [39v] (3/5), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 39-40, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515275.0x00004d> [accessed 13 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 39-40
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- Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 39r:40v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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