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 second 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:Civil conflict in MuscatAttacks on a Muscat ship by French ‘privateers’, the effect of this on trade in the Gulph [Gulf], and the Basha’s [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] intercession with the FrenchThe movements of ships and British travellers to and from India via BussoraPlans to intercept a suspected Dutch messenger at Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]The state of affairs in Bagdat [Baghdad] and Persia [Iran]Reports from India, including the capture of the Dutch factory at SuratThe trade in woollens in Bussora.The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the third part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/16.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Privateers
Communication
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
Wool trade
Governor of Baghdad - Geographic region:
- Bunderick
Muscat - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378640.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378640.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/18
IOR/L/PS/9/76/18