Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], William Bruce, of 24 March 1814. The letter is in reply to Bruce’s letter to Ouseley, of 20 March 1814, concerning the affair of the debts and imprisonment of Mahomed Nebbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/181). Ouseley instructs Bruce to deduct the sum which he paid in advance for the settling of Khan’s debts from the next instalment of the subsidy to be paid by the East India Company to Persia in the event of Khan not being freed from imprisonment.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/179), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], William Bruce, to HM Minister to Persia [Iran], James Morier, of 4 May 1815. The letter relates to the affair concerning the debts and imprisonment of Mahomed Nebbee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khan] (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/181). The letter details the circumstances surrounding the delay to the release of Khan from imprisonment, and Bruce’s difficulties in releasing Khan’s assets for the purpose of realising the sum he had paid in advance for his release.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/179), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], William Bruce, in Tehran, to HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, of 20 March 1814. The letter concerns the affair of the imprisonment of the Vizier of the Governor of Fars, Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khan] for indebtedness by the Governor of Fars, Hussein Ali Mirza (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/136). The letter details Bruces’s intervention in the affair, at Ouseley’s request, in which he acted as an adjudicator in the dispute and paid off some of Khan’s debts in advance, in order ensure Khan's release and maintain British prestige in Persia.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/179), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)