Letter from William Newnham, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 134v-135
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Sep 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 informing the Resident that the Governor of Bombay approves of his decision to present several gifts to the Shaikhs of Khatiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], along with his decision to dispatch a broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. to that place to assist Captain Sadleir, but notes the appointment should only be temporary.
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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 134v-135
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- 18 Sep 1819 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 134v-135
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- Letter from William Newnham, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 135r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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