Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 162-164
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 28 Sep 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 discusses the forwarding of various correspondence, the remuneration of Jafer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] losses, the purpose of Abdulla Khan's trip to Bushire, the delivery of letters to Persian merchants at Bushire (previously detained and forwarded to Bussora [Basra]), skirmishes that have taken place between local tribes, difficulties Jafer Ali Khan is experiencing as a result of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the Shaik of Bushire raising suspicions against him, the seizure of Shaik Jabara by his father in Khangoon [Kangān] (believed to be the result of pressure from the Sheraz Government) and the removal of Mohumed Nebbe Khan's [Muḥammad Nabī Khān] family to Sheraz [Shiraz].
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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 162-164
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- 28 Sep 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 162-164
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Charles Pasley, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
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- 163r:164r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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