Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence

IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 Jan 1815. 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 confirms that a letter and gifts from the Governor [of Bombay] to Shaikh Kulfan [Shaikh Khalfan, chieftain of Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh], have been delivered. The letter and gifts were to thank him for his assistance following the shipwrecking of the Ahmed Shah on the island of Khen [Kīsh].

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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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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/16, ff 4v-5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024052052.0x0000a9> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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