Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire

IOR/R/15/1/13, f 96

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 28 Jan 1813. 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 encloses a copy of a petition, dated 19 January 1813, made on behalf from Buxee Khanum, widow of Aga Mahomed Bhebanee (also written as Bebany and Babany elsewhere in the volume), and addressed to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The petition regards Buxee Khanum's claim to a portion of her late husband's property. Babington instructs Bruce to use his influence to recover the property and remit the amount to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .

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