Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 51v-52
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Jan 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 a number of subjects:
- the availability and price of Carmenia [Kirmān] wool at Basra and Bushire;
- there is mention of peace between the British and the French [the Eden Treaty?]
- a request for passage to Bombay for Colonel James Hartley, travelling from England, to be secured;
- advice that pilots for the journey to Basra should be procured from Kharg Island rather than Bushire as their knowledge of the river [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab] is superior.
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- 2 folios
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- 544 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/1
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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 51v-52
- Date(s)
- 27 Jan 1788 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 51v-52
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- Letter from Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones, at Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, Resident at Bushire
- Pages
- 52r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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