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French Naval Activities in the Persian Gulf [147r] (9/20)
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Extracts of letters from William Digges Latouche, the East India Company’s (EIC) Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to the Company’s Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. reporting on French activities in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. In particular, their capture of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat’s ship bound at Catiffe [Qatif]; the loss the merchants of Catiffe, Jebarra [ Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ], and Bussorah experienced due to the incidents; and the French declaring enmity towards the Arabs in general in the Gulph for their attachment to the English.
The correspondence also includes information on the general situation at Bagdat [Baghdad], British-Dutch relations, and Latouche’s communication with the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr].
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- IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152
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- French Naval Activities in the Persian Gulf
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- 143r:152v
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