Letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Lieutenant Richard Bennett, Commander of the Alert

IOR/R/15/1/5, f 25v 2

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 23 Dec 1802. 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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Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Native Resident at Bushire, directs Lieutenant Richard Bennett, Commander of the Alert , to proceed to the Island of Carack, in order to collect passengers before returning to Bushire. Bennett is instructed to provide himself with a pilot for the Bussora [Basra] river so that he will not have any occasion to stop there on his way to Bussora.

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