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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [‎176v] (2/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 23 Aug 1768. 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 mostly an update on the expedition against Carrack [Kharg], covering several subjects:

  • a boat delivering a packet from George Skipp in Shiraz to Basra was driven ashore at Bunderick [Bandar Rig] by Meer Mahanna's [Mīr Muhanna] armed trankeys;
  • the order from the Caun [Karim Khan] for the Chaub [Banu Ka‘b] and other sheikhs along the Gulf coast to assist against Mīr Muhanna;
  • reports that an English vessel has been taken off Halela [Heleylah] by the Mīr's boats;
  • a request for more cash;
  • whether to pay John Yoakly Botham for his normal duties while he is away with the expedition;
  • assurances that they are ready to withdraw from Bushire necessary.
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Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra] [‎176v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 176-177v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196151.0x0000c0> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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