VOL 11 LETTERS INWARD AND OUTWARD

Title:

VOL 11 LETTERS INWARD AND OUTWARD

Date:

1808/1811

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The two other occupants of the Residency during this period were Andrew Jukes, Surgeon, and Stephen Babington.Correspondents include the British Mission at Tabriz and Tehran, in Persia, and the Government of Bombay, although there are a small number of letters from the Government of Fort William, Calcutta. Diplomatic exchanges between Britain and Persia are the main feature of the correspondence. Other subjects include: the Bushire Residency's accounts and expenses; the woollen and horses trade; instructions for receiving visitors at Bushire and the sending of letters and packets from Bombay to the Court of Persia, via Bushire. Some of the letters contain enclosures such as copies of letters from other Government departments at Bombay.The volume also contains a number of letters outward, sent by William Bruce between 19 and 25 December 1810, mostly regarding the Bushire Residency's accounts and expenses.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1 and 1A; then 2-17; 18, 18A, 18B, 18C and 18D and it carries on until 46, which is the last number given to the back cover of the volume. The verso of folio 39 is paginated as 40. Three separate original pagination sequences are also present between ff. 1A-12v, ff. 14-18 and ff. 19-41. These sequences are written in either ink or pencil, and can be found in the top right of the verso side and the top left of the recto side of each folio respectively; pencil has been used in cases where the original numbering has been obscured, as a result of damage to the folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Wool trade

Geographic region:

Bussora
Persia
Tehran

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003df_ar
81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003df_en
IOR/R/15/1/11
IOR/R/15/1/11

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