Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Date:
1803/1803
Description:
Abstract: An extract from a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803.The letter reports that a messenger employed by Manesty has been plundered en route to Aleppo by members of the Shummer [Shammar] tribe, who sent the captured mail to the Whahabee Sheik [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Muḥammad Āl Sa‘ūd, Emir of Diriyah], and describes Manesty’s efforts to recover the captured mail.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)