Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 24 Apr 1766. 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 reports that Zackey Caun [Zaki Khan] has arrived at Ginovah [Ganaveh] with 2000 men and is joined by the Bushire Sheikhs with the intention of destroying Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. Also that the English Captain Justice has recently supplied the Mīr with provisions and it has caused great anger.
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- 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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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 86v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000037> [accessed 5 February 2025]
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