Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident, Bussora [Basra], to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/5, f 9v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 8 Apr 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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In this letter, received 12 April 1802, Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], informs Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Native Resident at Bushire, that he has dispatched the Brig Trimmer to Bushire, on her way to Muscat and Bombay. Manesty states that the ship's Commander, Captain Alexander Foggo, has been directed to remain at Bushire for thirty-six hours, in order to receive the Resident's dispatch for Government. Manesty concludes by requesting that the Resident consign to him the sum of 24,000 piasters, on the account of the Honourable Company.
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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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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident, Bussora [Basra], to Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/5, f 9v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074833292.0x000039> [accessed 1 July 2026]
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