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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Robert Garden, and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [‎204r] (2/3)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Mar 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 main part of the letter discusses the idea of assisting the Caun [Karim Khan] against Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] following a request from Jervis for the Tartar to be sent to do so. The author argues that the coming monsoon, the condition of the vessel, and the risk of upsetting Mīr Muhanna all mean that the Tartar should be dispatched to India immediately. It is also questioned why no copy of Karim Khan's letter requesting this assistance was sent to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Basra.

The instruction to sell a tranky and notification of two sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. travelling to Bushire are also given.

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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Robert Garden, and Dymoke Lyster, Agent and Council at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [‎204r] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 203v-204v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x00002f> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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