Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Robert Sparks, and Richard Church, at Bombay Castle, Political and Secret Department, to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident at Bushire

IOR/R/15/1/1, f 45v

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 27 Jan 1787. 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 approval to the gift given to Mirza Hussen [Mirza Ḥussein Khan], Jaffier Khan's [Ja‘far Khan Zand] Prime Minister, but states that permission from Bombay must be sought first in future. Also contains advice to keep a watch on a Major Morrison and Captain Briggs and to ascertain more about their journey into Persia.

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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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Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Robert Sparks, and Richard Church, at Bombay Castle, Political and Secret Department, to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 45v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x00008f> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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