Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Hornby, William Andrew Price, Charles Waters, Cecil Bowyer, and Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire

Content

The letter is one of regular updates and correspondence between Bushire and Bombay regarding the Company's affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It covers several subjects:

• a shipment of woollens to Bushire from Bombay, more to follow from the London , along with a supply of tin;
• sales strategy for English woollens and tin;
• a reiteration of the order to keep both the Agnecy at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay informed of affairs at Bushire;
• Dymoke Lyster's return to Basra and his trial at Minoe [Minab] to see how well English cloth sells there;
• the 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. 's disapproval of the detention of the Drake for too long at Bushire;
• Carem Caun's [Karim Khan] proposal to station two English vessels in the Gulf to protect trade;
• the salaries and allowances to be paid at Bushire.

There are two enclosures. The first is a list of currencies and their current price in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . The second is a copy of a previous command from the 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. to Basra, dated 3 April 1764, approving of the establishment and progress of the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .

Extent and format

1 folio

It is part of

Vol 1 Letters inward and outward

544 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/1

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 202-203

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Dec 1764 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from Charles Crommelin, William Hornby, William Andrew Price, Charles Waters, Cecil Bowyer, and Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 202-203, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024189854.0x000144> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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