Letter from the Residency at Bushire, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 93
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 4 Nov 1766. 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 unsigned, but is almost certainly from William Bowyear, the East India Company Resident at Bushire.
The letter discusses the Khaun's [Karim Khan] anger with the lack of assistance from the Company against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna]. There is further mention of the effect war in Kirmān province is having on trade. The letter is cut short at the end of the page.
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- English in Latin script
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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/15/1/1, f 93
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- 4 Nov 1766 (CE, Gregorian)
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