Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 144
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 29 Jan 1768. 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 on the movement of ships, a sick seepoy 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. [ sepoy 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. ] who sails to Basra to see the surgeon there, and that Carim Caun [Karim Khan] has repeated an order for Sheik Ice [Sheikh ‘Isa] to visit him at Schirass [Shiraz].
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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 James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 144, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00014b> [accessed 31 March 2025]
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