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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [12v] (1/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 8 Feb 1820. 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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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses copies of letters (not included) which he received the previous day from Major General Sir William Grant Keir. Bruce states that he will comply with Keir's letters by joining the force off the Island of Khen [Qeys]. Bruce refers to Keir's letter of 2 February 1820, in which Keir directed that the vessels belonging to Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir] should be destroyed. Bruce states that he has suggested to Captain William Walpole that he withhold from carrying out Keir's wishes until Keir has been informed that the vessels in question are now engaged in the service of His Royal Highness the Prince of Sheerauz [Shiraz]. Bruce reports that a copy of 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. has been sent to Bahrain so that it can be signed both by Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and by his brother, according to Keir's wishes.
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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [12v] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 12v-13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x00001e> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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