Abstract: An extract of a letter from James Dow, Acting Resident in Bushire [Būshehr] to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], dated 9 December 1820.The letter reports the loss of British troops under the command of Captain Thomas Thompson during an expedition against ‘piracy’ inland from Lashkara [Āl Āshkhārah] in Muscat.The extract was enclosed in Willock’s letter to Joseph Dart, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 8 February 1821 [IOR/L/PS/9/58].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)