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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [89v] (3/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 Jul 1766. 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 four missing bales of broadcloth, blaming the naucuda (Arab captain) of one of the vessels that transported the Company's stocks from Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] to Bushire when withdrawing in 1763. It is suggested that compensation from the Sheikh of Lingo [Lingeh], where the captain was from, should be sought. It is also reported that Sakee Khaun [Zaki Khan] has returned to Schirass [Shiraz] with his men.
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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [89v] (3/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 88v-89v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x0000c0> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
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- 89r:89v
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