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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Edward Nugent, Commander in Chief of the Company's Military in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf] [185r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Oct 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 is an order to send a detachment of sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. aboard the Eagle and to proceed to Bombay via Bussora [Basra].
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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Edward Nugent, Commander in Chief of the Company's Military in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf] [185r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 184v-185, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000009> [accessed 4 July 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 184v-185
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- Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Edward Nugent, Commander in Chief of the Company's Military in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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- 185r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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