Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency, Bussora [Basra]

Content

This letter does not include the name of the recipient, but it is clearly James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. 's response to a letter from Robert Taylor, in Charge of 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. , Bussora [Basra], which Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. referred to in the previous item in this volume, a letter to Francis Warden (see ff 71v-72). In this letter, Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. acknowledges the receipt of Taylor's letter of 23 February, which included an extract of a letter from Mr Ritch [Claudius James Rich], British Resident in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. . Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. agrees to prohibit all merchant men under British colours from landing at the port of Bushire any property imported from India which either belongs to or is consigned to subjects of the Pashalie.

Extent and format

1 folio

It is part of

Vol 22: Letters Outward

194 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/22, f 72v

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Mar 1821 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency, Bussora [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, f 72v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054291.0x00007f> [accessed 23 November 2024]

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