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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay [113r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 4 May 1808. 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 is enclosing the accounts for April 1808 and the Quick and Dead Stocks (neither of which is present). It further explains that the Resident has deferred the reductions to the sepoy 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. 's battah [ batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. ] due to the price of goods in Bushire, pending instructions from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . It further notes two unnamed 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. whom he has retained in Bushire due to debt issues.
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- 2 folios
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has obscured some of the body of the letter on f. 114. As a result, the text in this area is difficult to read.
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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay [113r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x00003f> [accessed 21 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
- Pages
- 113r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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