Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal:1. The first letter, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 18 May 1803, forwards correspondence with the Chairman and Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Ambassador to the Porte [Ottoman Empire] (not enclosed).2. The second letter, sent from the ship
Furyand dated 3 July 1803, forwards a report on a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] up to 31 May (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/316) and states that the dispute is still ongoing.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)