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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, at Bombay to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay [‎8v] (2/2)

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 9 Feb 1822. 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.

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The letter is informing the Bombay Government that, as requested, the Resident (on his return to Bushire) will make enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the substitution of a mare by the Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. at Muscat; it was claimed the original was not well enough to be sent to Bombay, but the Government believes it was substituted for an inferior replacement. It is noted that the mare was a gift from Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat, made to the late Andrew Jukes.

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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has resulted in a hole in the fabric of the folio. As a result, the signature of the letter has been slightly obscured.

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Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, at Bombay to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay [‎8v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/25, f 8, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023488842.0x00001e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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