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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [167r] (4/5)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 5 Oct 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 concerns the forwarding of correspondence from Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], intelligence that indicates that Ismael Beg is expected to proceed to Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye] (via Bushire) accompanied by French-trained troops and news from Khangoon [Kangān] of the imminent transportation of Shaik Jabara to Sheraz [Shiraz].
One enclosure; extract of a letter from Jafer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] to William Bruce, received at Bushire 25 September 1808. The content concerns the detention of goods and letters addressed to merchants in Bushire by William Bruce, and the risks of writing too frequently to the British. It also notes that Persian forces are marching on the Chaby district, and the possibility of a Persian hunting trip being a pretext for a possible visit to Bushire.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [167r] (4/5), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 165-167, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x0000ad> [accessed 3 February 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 165-167
- Title
- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
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- 166r:167v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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