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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [83v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 15 Jan 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 reports the Dutch defeat at Carrack [Kharg Island] and relays the news from Muscat that an English fleet is heading up the Gulf.
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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [83v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 83v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x0000b4> [accessed 4 April 2025]
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- Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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- 83v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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