Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [‎58r] (2/3)

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In this letter, James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Assistant Surgeon, temporarily 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. , encloses copies of two letters (not included) that he has received respectively from Captain Charles Gray, Commanding Officer of the British troops in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Lieutenant Ferdinand Price, Acting Pay Master at the same station. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. reports that in response to their requests for a sum of money equal to a lak [ lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ] of Bombay rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , he has raised a sum equal to 50,000 Bombay rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , chiefly in New Persian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. also states that he has granted a set of bills for the amount in question, which will leave tomorrow for Keshme [Qeshm], on board the Honourable Company cruiser, the Benares .

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