Letter from William Walpole, Captain of HM Sloop Curlew in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/19, f 115
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in Aug 1819. 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 is requesting an interpreter for the HC Cruizer Vestal , as it has been ordered to Kuteef [Al-Qaṭīf]; the Commander, Lieutenant Watson, has had great difficulties communicating with the principle persons of that port recently, due to the absence of an interpreter on board.
The letter is not dated; however it was received at the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. early in August.
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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, f 115
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- Aug 1819 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from William Walpole, Captain of HM Sloop Curlew in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/19, f 115, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024197022.0x0000cc> [accessed 17 February 2025]
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