Abstract: A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 19 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)