Abstract: A copy of a letter from Bridgadier-General John Malcolm to Captain Grant, Bengal Native Infantry, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 13 January 1809. The letter instructs Grant to proceed to Guada [Gwadar] and to travel from there across Mekran [Makrān] and Baloche [Balochistān] to Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ‘Abbās], in order to collect information and assess the threat of an invasion of India by a European force using that route.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)