Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to William Andrew Price, East India Company Agent at Bussorah [Basra]

IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 58v-59

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 6 Jan 1764. 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 gives details of recent purchases of Carmenia [Kirmān] wool, discusses the current state of trade in Bushire, and makes a request for scarlet perpets.

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2 folios
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Condition: some of the bottom of f. 58v has been torn away, obscuring text.

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English in Latin script
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Letter

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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, ff 58v-59

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6 Jan 1764 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to William Andrew Price, East India Company Agent at Bussorah [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 58v-59, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00006b> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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