Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 197v-198
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Sep 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 complaint about a lack of communication on the affairs at Bushire. More regular updates are demanded, especially regarding privileges from Carem Caun [Karim Khan], sales of woollens, and Company accounts.
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- 2 folios
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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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 197v-198
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- 18 Sep 1764 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council 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, ff 197v-198, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x0001bf> [accessed 10 February 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 197v-198
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussorah [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 198r
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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