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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], Writing from Maghil, Near Bussora, to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident at Bushire [‎18v] (1/1)

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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], Writing from Maghil, Near Bussora, to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident at Bushire
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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], Writing from Maghil, to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Resident at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/5, ff 18-19

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 27 Sep 1802. 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, received 7 October 1802, Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Native Resident at Bushire, dated 8 September 1802. Manesty states that he will call upon Akaw Mahomed Nebie [Aga Mohamed Nubi] for an explanation of his unaccountable conduct in informing Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun that he [Manesty] furnished the Baz (referred to as the Bay in earlier items) with English colors [colours]. Manesty goes on to discuss the remaining woollens from a consignment that was brought to Bushire in 1801 and concludes by requesting the sum of 30,000 piasters, on the account of the Honourable Company.

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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], Writing from Maghil, Near Bussora, to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident at Bushire
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