Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew, off Charrack, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 20-22
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 20 Feb 1820. 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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This is a letter in response to William Grant Keir's request for information regarding acts of piracy committed on the Persian shore of the Gulf. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts an act of piracy committed by the people of Charrak [Bandar-e Charak] in 1814 and describes Stephen Watson Henshaw's success in recovering most of the plundered treasure. Bruce recounts his own (failed) attempt to recover the rest of the plundered property from Shaik Abdolla Bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] in 1816. He goes on to write that for a long time the Persian ports resisted entering into terms with the pirates. He states that he does not believe that they would ever have done so if they had been properly supported by the Sheeraz [Shiraz] Government. Bruce concludes that without proper assistance, none of the Persian ports were able to cope against the force of Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah].
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- Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, Writing from HMS Curlew,off Charrack, to Major General Sir William Grant Keir
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- 20v:22r
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