Letter No. 149 to Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Governor for the Political and Secret Department, Council at Bombay, from Charles Watkins at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 166-167
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 21 Sep 1787. 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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Letter provides a brief update of events in Persia and gives news that Bussora [Basra] has been taken by Sheikh Twiney of the Montifick Arabs [Shaikh Thuwayni of the Muntafiq]. The letter also reports details concerning the arrival of a French gentleman at Bushire.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 166-167
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- 21 Sep 1787 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 166-167
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- Letter No. 149 to Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Governor for the Political and Secret Department, Council at Bombay, from Charles Watkins at Bushire
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- 167
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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