Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/5, f 6 1
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 18 Jan 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 24 January 1802, Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], acknowledges the receipt of a letter, dated 25 December 1801, from Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], and informs the Resident that in future he will communicate with him in English. Manesty goes on to write that the Recovery now proceeds to Bushire, on her way to Muscat and Bombay. He states that he has limited the ship's stay at Bushire to twenty-four hours.
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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/5, f 6 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074833292.0x000042> [accessed 27 June 2026]
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- Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Native Resident, Bushire
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