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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay [58r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 13 Oct 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 cover for the Basra accounts and a shipment of treasure and copper. The letter discusses the situation with meer mahana [Mīr Muhanna], who is preventing trade between Schyrass and Bushire, and the possibility that Sadoo Caun [Sadiq Khan Zand] may send a force against him.
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- 1 folio
- Physical characteristics
Condition: some of the edge of the page have been torn away, obscuring some text, especially along the bottom corners.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay [58r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 58-58v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x000081> [accessed 5 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 58-58v
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Charles Crommelin, President and Governor at Bombay
- Pages
- 58r:58v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence