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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Captains Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, Commanders in Chief of Company's Marine and Military Forces in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf] [163r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 May 1768. 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 relays the news that the sheikhs of Bushire have agreed to send five boats to assist against Carrack [Kharg Island].
A postscript, dated 21 May 1768, reports that due to lack of water and other supplies it was possible to send only four of the five boats.
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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Captains Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, Commanders in Chief of Company's Marine and Military Forces in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf] [163r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 162v-163, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196151.0x0000a5> [accessed 12 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 162v-163
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- Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Captains Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, Commanders in Chief of Company's Marine and Military Forces in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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- 162v:163r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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