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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [128r] (3/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Sep 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 outlines shipping movements and communications into and out of Bushire. William Bruce provides an update on the Persian troops that are arriving at Bushire to garrison the coast, mentions that Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] is in a critical situation at Sheraz [Shiraz] and that the British position at Bushire is looking increasingly precarious. It further outlines the measures he has taken in case the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. should need to be evacuated.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [128r] (3/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x00005f> [accessed 23 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 127-128
- Title
- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
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- 127v:128r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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