Letter from William Andrew Price, Agent for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulf of Persia, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 April 1763. 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 the official appointment of Jervis as the first resident of the new factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire. It covers various subjects including the articles of agreement signed with Shaik Saddoon [Sheikh Sa‘dūn], details of goods and men landed at Bushire, the levies and duties to be imposed and paid, the appointment of a Shroff (money changer) and linguist (Stephen Hermit), the need to procure musters of woollens imported to north Persia by the Russians, the need for frugality, and the opinion that Carem Caun's [Karim Khan] rule is both just and moderate.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v
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- 20 April 1763 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from William Andrew Price, Agent for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulf of Persia, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00011a> [accessed 1 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 191-192v
- Title
- Letter from William Andrew Price, Agent for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulf of Persia, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
- Pages
- 191r:192v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence