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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire [224r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 23 Dec 1766. 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 instructs that no money should be advanced for the purchase of Carmenia wool and discusses the types of wool popular in Europe. There are further instructions not to accept silk from the Caun [Karim Khan] as payment for English cloth until advice on the matter comes from Company superiors in Bombay or London. The Khan's request for an English representative to be sent to him in Schirass [Shiraz] is discussed. The letter accompanies others from the Agent to Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and the Sheikh of Bushire.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire [224r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 224-224v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000057> [accessed 12 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 224-224v
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 224r:224v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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