Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at the East India Company Residency in Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 52-53
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 14 Mar 1788. 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 discusses the conduct of Sheikh Nasir [Nāsir], specifically his demand that the English pay customs duties at Bushire.
The bulk of the letter consists of extracts from a letter from Manesty to the Political Department of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , undated. They discuss the need to negotiate better terms with Jaafar Khan [Ja‘far Khan Zand], similar to those they enjoy with the Ottomans, and go into detail about the issue of customs duties.
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- English in Latin script
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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 52-53
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- 14 Mar 1788 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at the East India Company Residency in Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 52-53, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000076> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 52-53
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- Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at the East India Company Residency in Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 52v:53r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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