Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 182-183
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 21 Oct 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 enclosing a range of translations and copies of correspondence; a list of the items being enclosed is included at the bottom of f 182.
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1. Translation of a Firmaun [ Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). ] from Prince Hoosan Allee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā] at Sheraz [Shiraz] to William Bruce, received 18 October 1808. It includes general well wishes and informs the Acting Resident that Mohumed Hussun Khan Nusukchee had been ordered to Bushire on Persian Government business.
2. Translation of a letter from Nusroolla Khan to William Bruce, received 18 October 1808. The letter includes general proclamations of friendship and good intentions towards William Bruce and the British; it also mentions that Mohumed Hussun Khan Nusukchee had been ordered to Bushire on Persian Government business.
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- 2 folios
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has partially obscured the list of enclosures at the bottom of f 182.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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 182-183
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- 21 Oct 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 182-183
- Title
- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Pages
- 182v:183r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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