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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Mar 1814. 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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Letter from to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bussora [Basra], to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon in Charge of the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , expressing concerns for the dispatch of important documents to India on board of the Vestal.

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English in Latin script
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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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IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 33-34

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1 Mar 1814 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra], to James Orton, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 33-34, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040046184.0x000095> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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