Letter from Edward Barnard, Captain of the HMS Conway and Senior Naval Officer , at the Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire.

IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 72v-73

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Aug 1818. 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 acknowledges the receipt of a communication from the Resident dated 15 August 1818. It expresses the Captain's outrage at a report that a ship belonging to Shaik Abdulla ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad] has been plundered by the HC Cruizer Antelope . It insists that all the property that was taken should be restored, and the Commander of the Antelope brought to account for his actions.

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Letter from Edward Barnard, Captain of the HMS Conway and Senior Naval Officer , at the Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire., British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 72v-73, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024197022.0x000013> [accessed 4 April 2025]

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