Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [200r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 6 Dec 1764. 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 expresses regret that no blue and green coarse cloth can be spared or scarlet perpets. Also informs that the agent has written to Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] regarding some property stolen from the Company by his men. Repeats the request for accounts.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Robert Garden, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [200r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 199v-200, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000027> [accessed 3 July 2026]
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