Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 219v-220v
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 7 Jul 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 reprimands the recipient for sending damaged cloth to Basra and is ordered to take it back and dispose of it himself. There is a repeat of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. 's order not to rupture relations with Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. The sale of woollens to the Caun [Karim Khan] is discussed, as is the business of a private merchant and the lower prices cloth is sold at in Basra. There are instructions to approach the Khan about the letter sent to him by the Agent and to send any surplus cash to Bombay.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company 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 219v-220v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000190> [accessed 30 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 219v-220v
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 220r:220v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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