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Letter No. 451 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at the Bushire Roads [232r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 20 Dec 1855. 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 enquiring as to whether a native boat may be hired to convey a packet to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], so that it may be conveyed from there to Bombay. It explains that Charles Augustus Murray, the late British Envoy to Persia, had suggested that all disposable British vessels should be retained at Bushire for the purpose of protecting British subjects during the current crisis with Persia.
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Letter No. 451 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at the Bushire Roads [232r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514234.0x000044> [accessed 23 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232
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- Letter No. 451 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at the Bushire Roads
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- 232r:232v
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