Letter from William Andrew Price and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Factor at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire

IOR/R/15/1/1, f 193v 1

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 15 Aug 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 notification of a chest aboard the Swallow containing 18,200 mamoodies [mahmudis] taken from Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] when the Company withdrew from there. Jervis is asked to exchange the money without heavy loss.

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Letter from William Andrew Price and Dymoke Lyster, East India Company Agent and Factor at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 193v 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000123> [accessed 2 July 2026]

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