Vol 22: Letters Outward

Content

This volume consists of letters written from the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . The first eighty-two items are attributed to William Bruce; the remaining items, with the exception of a few letters written by Bruce from various locations, are written by James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , who was in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. during William Bruce's absence. Most of the letters are written to representatives of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , with the most common recipients being John Wedderburn (Accountant General, Civil Auditor and Military Accountant), Richard Morgan (Secretary to the Marine Board), Francis Warden (Chief Secretary to the Government) and Mountstuart Elphinstone (President and Governor in Council, Bombay). In addition, a significant number of letters are addressed to army officers, including Major General Sir William Grant Keir and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Many of the letters to Bombay concern the routine sending of bills and receipts relating to expenses (the most common of which being supplies for East India Company ships) incurred by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Other subjects covered in the volume include: William Bruce joining HMS Eden on her voyage along the Arab coast in search of Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. boats; news and speculation regarding Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. 's plans to launch an attack against Bahrain; relations between Arab chieftains following the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf An agreement made in 1820 between Britain and ten tribal rulers of the eastern Arabian coast, often seen as marking the start of 150 years of British hegemony in the region. of 1820; details of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. complying with requests for funds or supplies for the British troops stationed at Ra's al-Khaymah, and later, at Qeshm; details of a treaty between the Imam of Muscat (Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd) and the Shaikhs of Bahrain, as relayed to Bruce by Rahma bin Jabir; the death of a crew member of the Eliza country ship and the subsequent investigation into the treatment received on board that ship; presents sent by His Highness Ebrāhim Khan, Governor of Kermān, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay; the death, on 10 November 1821, of Dr Andrew Jukes, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Persia.

Extent and format

1 volume, 184 items (93 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing on Board HMS Eden , at Sea Off Tahrie, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Eden , at Anchor off Marrak [Al-Muḥarraq], to Major General Sir William Grant Keir

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Translation of a Paper from Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmad, Bahreen [Bahrain]

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Tehran

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Gray, Commanding at Rassulkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to James Bruce Simson, Secretary to the Government

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, at Anchor off the Island of Khen [Qeys], to Major General Sir William Grant Keir

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, off Charrack, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant General, Military Department, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major General William Grant Keir

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Longlands, Commander of the Malabar Country Ship

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding in Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding at Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Lieutenant-Colonel C J Doyle, President of the Board of Superintendence for Improving the Breed of Cattle, Fort William

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Mr Woodhead, Master of the Eliza Country Ship

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Mr Woodhead, Master of the Eliza Country Ship

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Statement by James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Bushire, on the Death of a Seaman of the Merchant Ship Eliza

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator to the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to John Wedderburn, Military Accountant, Bombay

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Remarks Made by William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Bombay, on Currencies Accepted in the Gulf

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William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to James Bruce Simson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding Officer and Agent at Rasselkhyma [Ra's-al-Khaymah]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Pay Master to the Force at Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant Joseph Laurie, Acting Commissary to the British Force at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles J Maillard, Acting Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident of Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles Gray, Commandant at Kishme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant Ferdinand Price, Acting Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant James Arthur, Commander of the HC Cruizer Benares

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Thomas Woodly, Commander of the Udny Ship

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Philip Maughan, Commander of the HC Ship Discovery

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles Gray, Commanding at Derestan

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant Henry Hardy, Commander of the Honourable Company Cruiser, the Teignmouth

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to James Henderson, Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Robert Waite, Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent, Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant John Michael Guy, Commander of the Honourable Company Cruiser, the Psyche

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Letter No. 1: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter No. 1: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter No. 2: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter No. 2: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter No. 3: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency, Bussora [Basra]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Robert Waite, Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 74 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 74v 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 74v 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 75 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 75 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 75v 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 75v 2

Letter No. 5: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 76

Letter No. 6: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 76v 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 76v 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 77 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 77 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 77v 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 77v 2

Letter No. 8: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 78

Letter No. 7: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 78v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 78v-79

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 79 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 79 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 79v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain William Black, Adjutant, Marine Battalion, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 79v-80

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant William Vawdrey Glascott, Acting Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm]

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 80

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 80v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 81 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Henry Willock, His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 81 2

Letter No. 9: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 81v

Letter No. 10: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 82

Letter No. 11: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 82v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 83 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 83 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 83v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, to Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Hodgson, Commissary of Stores, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 83v-84

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 84 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 84 2

Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from Calcutta, to James Bruce Simson, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 84v-85

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 85 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 85 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 85v

Letter No 12: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 86 1

Letter No. 13: James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 86 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 86v-87

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 87v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 88 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 88 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 88v-89

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 89

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 90 1

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 90 2

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Robert Waite, Field Pay Master, Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 90v

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to James Bruce Simson, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 91

Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22, f 91v

Arrangement

The correspondence begins on 1 January 1820 and ends on 29 December 1821. Most of the letters are arranged in order of date, although there are a number of exceptions.

Physical characteristics

Pagination: There is a pagination sequence, which is written in pencil in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. It runs from 1 to 175.

Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the inside of the back cover on number 95. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/22

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Jan 1820-29 Dec 1821 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

KhenBahrainIspahanKishmRass el Khyma

People & organisations

Government of Bombay, Civil AuditorSultan of Muscat and OmanHMS EdenPsycheTernateArielBenaresTeignmouthKing of BahrainElizaBombay Marine Board, SecretaryWilliam GrantThomas Perronet ThompsonḤusayn ‘Alī Mirzā FarmānfarmāRaḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah

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