Letter 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:
- Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Date:
- 1781/1781
- Description:
- Abstract: The third part of a letter 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], dated 12 October 1781. Subjects covered include:Commercial issues in BussoraSightings of French ships near Cape Jasques [Jask] and in the Gulph [Gulf]The detention of a Dutch messenger in Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]Reports received from Muscat, including the movements of English ships and travellers and the release of a French ship captured by the Imaum [Imam]The transit to London via Bussora of mail received from IndiaThe landing in Fort Victoria [Suvarnadurg] of a Muscat ship captured by French ‘privateers’The progress of the construction of gallivat ships ordered by the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the second part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/18.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Communication
Ships - Geographic region:
- Bunderick
Muscat - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378637.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378637.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/16
IOR/L/PS/9/76/16