Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 94-95
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Mar 1808. 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 an acknowledgement of a command, which instructed the Resident to forward a letter to Nusser Ulla Khan, dispatched 1 February 1808 and reports that an account has been received of property plundered by Sheik Rehma. It also reports that he has received no accounts of Sir Harford Jones [Brydges].
One enclosure; translation of a letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Nasser Oolah Khan [Nusser Ulla Khan], Sheraz [Shiraz]. It informs the recipient that he is forwarding a letter received from Bombay. It also notes the remaining balance of plundered company property. However, information on the exact nature of this balance has been lost as a result of pest damage.
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- 2 folios
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- 436 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/10
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has obscured some of the body of the letter at the bottom of f. 94v. As a result, the text in this area is difficult to read.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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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/15/1/10, ff 94-95
- Date(s)
- 18 Mar 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 94-95
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
- Pages
- 94v:95r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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