Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].Two copies of a letter dated 11 April 1781. The letter forwards intelligence received in Bussora and discusses issues in communicating with London. Subjects covered include:The detention of messengers carrying letters received from India via the ship Morning Staren route to AleppoReports received from Aleppo and Constantinople [Istanbul], in particular news of a rupture with Holland which Latouche has forwarded with high priority to India via the Morning Star, and attempts to intercept Dutch communicationsArrangements for East India Company merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth to travel to India via BussoraThe movements of French travellers and attempts to intercept a French officer reported to be travelling to IndiaThe expedition of the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe]Political intelligence from the Gulf region, including a rumoured attack on Ispahan [Esfahan] by Sadoo Caun [Muḥammad Sādiq Khān Zand], and civil conflict in Muscat.The second letter, dated 25 February 1781, forwards copies of letters received via the Morning Starto the Court of Directors via the camp of the Basha and Constantinople. Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/3.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Communication
Political intelligence
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
al-Khazā‘il (Tribe)
Governor of Baghdad - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378627.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378627.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/6
IOR/L/PS/9/76/6