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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [90r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 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 confirms the handing over of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. by Benjamin Jervis and his departure for Bombay. Also discusses the reasons for Carem Khaun's [Karim Khan] refusal to reply to the Agent's letter, and the prevailing fear at Bushire of an attack by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna].
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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [90r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 89v-90, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x0000c1> [accessed 5 April 2025]
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- Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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- 90r
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