Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [205r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 31 Mar 1765. 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 discusses the mutiny aboard the Islamabad by Arab sailors who murdered its captain and officers and stole the goods on board. The author agrees to send the Tartar to try and retrieve the stolen loot from the village of Magoo [Bandar Moghuyeh] where it is (wrongly) believed to be held. Also reported is a missing bale of Worsters [Worcesters] from the shipment that came on the London .
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [205r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 204v-205, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000031> [accessed 5 February 2025]
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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