Abstract: An extract from an anonymous letter from Bussorah [Basra], dated 31 May 1781. Subjects covered include:The presumed death of a French traveller heading inland from Scanderoon [Iskenderun]The supposed loyalty of local ‘Arabs’ [tribes] to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah, after he had purchased the freedom of captives following a Persian [Iranian] attackMeans of crossing the desert to and from Bussorah, with details of the Porte’s [Ottoman Empire] system of communication.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)