Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 17-18
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 26 Feb 1817. 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 acknowledging a communication dated 15 October 1816 and replies with details of accounts from 1803, as requested.
Also enclosed is a copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Meerza Mehidi Aly Khan [Mirzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān], Resident at Bushire, dated 31 January 1802, discussing the sale and delivery of woollen cloth to Bushire.
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- 2 folios
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Condition: The text of the letter on the right hand side of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 17 has been obscured owing to insect damage.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 17-18
- Date(s)
- 26 Feb 1817 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 17-18, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024197022.0x00007d> [accessed 17 July 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 17-18
- Title
- Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
- Pages
- 17v:18r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence