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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Commodore Fountain Price, captain of the Defiance [120r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. 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 an order to proceed to the Haffar river (part of the Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab) at Basra and await further orders.
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Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Commodore Fountain Price, captain of the Defiance [120r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 119v-120, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196151.0x000035> [accessed 18 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 119v-120
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- Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to Commodore Fountain Price, captain of the Defiance
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- 120r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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