Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta

Content

The letter is forwarding copies of correspondence relating to British claims against the Governor of Bushire, the Shaik Abdull Russool Khan [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān].

Six enclosures:

1. Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra] to William Bruce, dated 30 October 1808. The letter states that the supplies requested for the British Persian Mission at Bushire are not available at Bussora.

2. Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra] to William Bruce, dated 30 October 1808. The letter concerns the transmission of an unnecessary communication from Bushire.

3. Letter from Captain Charles Pasley to William Bruce, dated 31 October 1808. The letter outlines that the Captain's role as Acting Envoy to the Court of Persia ceased the moment Sir Harford Jones [Brydges] arrived at Bushire. Enclosed within is a letter from Neil Benjamin Edmonstone to Brigadier General John Malcolm, dated 21 August 1808, authorising the payment of an assistant's allowance for the Surgeon Andrew Jukes for the period he acted for William Bruce.

4. Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], dated November 1808. The letter concerns a packet the recipient has been asked to acquire or copy for the British.

5. Translation of a Firmaun [ Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). ] from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz] to Shaik Abdul Russool Khan, Governor of Bushire, dated Zeekada 1222. It informs the Governor that Mohumed Hoossun Khan Khishtee has been ordered to Bushire and instructs him that he should send daily reports of the state of affairs at Bushire to the Royal Court at Tehran.

6. Translation of a letter from Nusroolla Khan to Shaik Abdul Russool Khan, Governor of Bushire. The letter concerns the Governor's negligence in keeping the Persian Court at Tehran up to date with affairs at Bushire, and mentions that Hoossun Khan Khishtee is en route to Bushire to reassure the British of the Persian Government's friendly intentions towards them.

Extent and format

5 folios

It is part of

Vol 10 Letters Outward

436 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/10

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 185-189

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Oct 1808 (CE, Gregorian)

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