Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 200-201
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Dec 1764. 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 a further complaint about infrequent communication. It gives permission for two extra sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. at Bushire due to threat of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. There is notification that Mīr Muhanna has denied knowledge of the recent theft of Company property. There is also a discussion of the Company's stance within the current political situation, urging neutrality and suggesting that contact with Mīr Muhanna is acceptable if of a purely commercial nature.
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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 200-201
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- 12 Dec 1764 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 200-201, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000140> [accessed 8 February 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 200-201
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 200v:201r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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