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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [119v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 29 May 1767. 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 dated 29 January 1767 but this is almost certainly an error and should read 29 May 1767.
The letter gives several items of news:
- the Sheikh of Charrack [Bandar e Charak] is refusing to return the English vessel seized earlier in the year;
- Zackey Caun [Zaki Khan] remains at Congoon [Bandar e-Kangan];
- Bushire merchants continue to leave town, as ordered by Karim Khan.
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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [119v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 119v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196151.0x000034> [accessed 2 July 2026]
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- Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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- 119v
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