Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 17 Nov 1767. 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 a cover for a supply of stationery, Company accounts (not present), and an enclosed letter from Thomas Hodges, Company Governor at Bombay, to Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand], the ruler of Persia.
A copy of the letter from Thomas Hodges to Karim Khan is included with this item. The letter discusses the situation regarding hostilities with the Chaub [Ka‘b] tribe around Basra and the Company's desire that the Khan bring them under his control. The Khan is informed that George Skipp, the assistant at Basra, is being sent to Shiraz for a second time for new talks on the East India Company's behalf.
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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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- 17 Nov 1767 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x0000c9> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire
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- 3r:3v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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