Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 137-138
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 8 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 discusses preparations for an expedition against Ormuse [Hormuz] to try and recover goods taken from the Islamabad in February 1765, including news (given in a postscript dated 9 November 1767) of Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] displeasure with the English for moving against Hormuz without first settling the issues of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b]. The dangers of sending goods in small boats, due to high winds and piracy, are also discussed.
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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 137-138
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- 8 Nov 1767 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 137-138, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x0000d3> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 137-138
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- Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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- 137r:138r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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