Letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Jonathan Duncan, the Honourable Governor and President in Council, Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/5, f 11 2

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 9 May 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, Bushire, forwards accounts (not included) for the Bushire factory An East India Company trading post. up to 30 April 1802. The Resident informs Jonathan Duncan of Samuel Manesty's recent request for 24,000 pisasters [piasters]. Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun states that because he did not have that amount in cash he procured a draft - payable at Bussora [Basra] to the Resident, from the merchants at Bushire, and debted [debited] to the Honourable Company - which he forwarded to Bussora.

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Letter from Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, to Jonathan Duncan, the Honourable Governor and President in Council, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/5, f 11 2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074833292.0x000033> [accessed 23 June 2026]

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