Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay [142r] (3/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 28 Dec 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 an update of affairs at Bushire and the Gulf. Various subjects are discussed:
- the dispute between Carim Caun [Karim Khan] and the Sheikhs of Bushire, which has led to the former imposing a blockade around Bushire;
- Sheikh Sa‘dūn's plan to travel to Schyrass [Shiraz] to pay tribute to the Khan and the hope that this might settle things;
- reports of English ships seen further south, heading in the direction of Muscat, that are believed to have survivors from the Defiance , which blew up the previous month, on board.
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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay [142r] (3/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 141-142, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196151.0x00007b> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 141-142
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- Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay
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- 141v:142r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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