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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [72v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 25 Apr 1765. 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 relays the claim made by Narrotam Josee [Narottam Ramachandar Joshi], the Company's broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. in Muscat, that it was Julfar Arabs ( al-Qawāsim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ) that plundered the tranky he sent to Bushire, not himself.
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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [72v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 72v 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x00009e> [accessed 14 June 2026]
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- Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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