Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent, to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 58v-59
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 3 Dec 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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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a further letter from Captain R Warto, Paymaster at Kishma [Qeshm] to Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , dated 3 November 1820. In his letter, Warto requests Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. 's assistance in the raising of 50,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for the payment of British troops in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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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/15/1/21, ff 58v-59
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- 3 Dec 1820 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 58v-59
- Title
- Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent, to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire
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- 59r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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