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Letter from Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Emanuel Margoty, Captain of the HC Frigate Bombay [‎4r] (1/1)

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Letter from Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Emanuel Margoty, Captain of the HC Frigate Bombay
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Letter from Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Emanuel Margotty, Captain of the HC Frigate Bombay
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 12 Dec 1801. 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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This letter states that a packet from Europe has arrived on board Aga Mahomed Nebee's boat, which is bound for Bombay. Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Native Resident, Bushire, requests that Emanuel Margotty order a volunteer with a sufficient guard of seapoys [ sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. ] to be ready to board the boat, in order to take charge of the packet and to protect the boat, which allegedly was attacked and plundered by Graine [Umm al-Qaywayn] Arabs on its passage to Bushire.

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Letter from Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Emanuel Margoty, Captain of the HC Frigate Bombay
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