Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
Date:
1803/1803
Description:
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 9 May 1803.The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299), and forwards related correspondence. Manesty proposes leaving for India, meeting with the Governor-General of Bengal, and establishing new arrangements for British representation in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].This extract was enclosed in Manesty’s letter to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 9 May 1803 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/323).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)