Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee

Title:

Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee

Date:

1783/1783

Description:

Abstract: Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company).The first letter, dated 30 March 1783, covers subjects including:The movement of ships and transit of mail from London to India via BussoraDisruption to the mail route caused by ships from Grain [Kuwait] at the mouth of the River [Shatt al-Arab]The suspension of talks between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe], which threatens communication between Bagdat [Baghdad] and Bussora.The second letter, dated 23 April 1783, covers:Latouche’s meetings with M Cotinal, a French messenger travelling to India, and attempts to delay his journeyThe movement of ships and British travellers and the transit of mail via BussoraThe arrival in Bussora of a consignment of woollensThe restitution of goods taken by Grain, and the Shaik [Shaikh] of Grain’s request for a loan.Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/28.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Communication
Wool trade
al-Khazā‘il (Tribe)
Governor of Baghdad

Geographic region:

Shatt al Arab
Grain

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100109378649.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378649.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/26
IOR/L/PS/9/76/26

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