Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris , to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 20 Nov 1851. 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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Tronson reports that he has received news of the death of the Sharjah Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. Mullā Husayn; the result of a fever. In light of events, and of his crew being sick, Tronson states that he made his way back to Bushire via Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Tronson also writes of a robbery at sea: the theft of cargo from a boat owned by Mohammed bin Thonny [Muhammad bin Thani], who he describes as a Doah [Doha] merchant. The cargo (included 3000 dollars' worth of pearls) was stolen from the boat (itself stolen from El Biddah [al Bidda]) by a vessel manned by Manasseh [Manasir] bedouins.
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Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris , to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673698.0x000009> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82
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- Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
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- 80r:82v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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