'Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800' [‎173v] (346/540)

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To his letter a polite answer has been returned, thanking him for his offer
of service, bufc informing him that for partieular reasons, we cannot for the
present think of settling a Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bunderick or elsewhere.
6. At the request of the Goveramant of this place one Ibrahim Effendi,
a Bussora Turk, has been put on board the Expedition, and Captain Hall has
orders to land him at Muscat, on his Arrival at that place.
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We are with all due respect,
Hon'ble Sir and Sirs,
Your very obedient humble servants,
Sd. HENRY MOORE.
„ ROBERT GARDEN.
„ JA. MORLEY.
„ THO. BEAUMONT.
„ GEO. GREEN.
„ WM. LERV1S.
Bussoea,
The 15th October 1770.
CXCIV.
To—The Honorable the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for Affairs of the United Compauy of
Merchants of England tradingto the East Indies.
Honorable Gentlemen,
at e Bw8h 0m ageDCy Agent's ill-heath, the almost general sickness which has lately
reigned among Us, the multiplicity of business occasioned by fresh troubles in
this Gulph and by the ships returning from hence to India: these have been
the causes of and we hope will excuse Us to your Honors for the long detention
of the Duplicate Packet received from Bombay & the Resolution; it is now
however forwarded to Aleppo by Messengers express, and we hope that the
speedy and safe arrival of the Original, dispatched from hence the 2nd July will
have rendered of no consequence this tardy dispatch of the Duplicates.
2. In our last respects of the foregoing date of which the enclosed is a
duplicate we informed your Honors of a report then current here that the
Carrack Gallivats under Hossein Caun had in consequence of Carem Caun,
sailed to the southward, in order to make prizes of all the vessels without excep
tion which they could master,
3. "We paid little regard to thio report, because we had several groundless
ones to the same purport ever since our factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire was withdrawn,
and indeed we flattered ourselves that Carem Oaun, the King of Persia, had
too great a regard for his character however despicable it before might be,
not to render it entirely oo, by adding without the least provocation the crime
of piracy to it.