Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to the Commander in Chief of the Honourable Company's Cruizers in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]

IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 2 Aug 1765. 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 an order to proceed to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the recent loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Banu Ka‘b.

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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/15/1/1, f 76v 2

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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to the Commander in Chief of the Honourable Company's Cruizers in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00004a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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