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1. Vol 4 Letters inward
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- Abstract: This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters from the Court of Directors, London. In addition, there are several letters from various ship captains, plus a limited number of translated letters from local rulers. The letters cover a wide range of topics including: trade, financial and administrative matters; political developments in Baghdad and Bussora; competition with the French in the Gulf and at Muscat.Physical description: 1 volume in one slipcasePagination: There is a pagination system which is written in pencil, in the top right-hand corner of each page.Folation: There is a foliation system which is written in pencil, in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. This is the system used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
2. Letters between William Digges Latouche and the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah and dated 25 September 1781.The letter mainly concerns the transit of mail from London to Bussorah and onwards to India. Latouche also complains about messengers carrying dispatches from London commandeering vessels in Bussora. Other subjects discussed in the letter are the threat of French ‘privateers’ in the Gulph [Gulf], the sale of woollens in Bussora, and reports from India including the capture of the Dutch factory at Surat.Another copy of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/23.Attached to the letter is a letter from P Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors, to Latouche, sent from East India House and dated 27 December 1782. The letter states that Latouche’s letters up to 8 October have been received by the Court of Directors, asks that an accompanying packet (not enclosed) be forwarded as soon as possible to Bombay [Mumbai], and conveys the censure of the Court of Directors for transmitting information about the situation in India to individuals rather than the Company.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
3. Letters from William Digges Latouche to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah and dated 25 September 1781.The letter mainly concerns the transit of mail from London to Bussorah and onwards to India. Latouche also complains about messengers carrying dispatches from London commandeering vessels in Bussora. Other subjects discussed in the letter are the threat of French ‘privateers’ in the Gulph [Gulf], the sale of woollens in Bussora, and reports from India including the capture of the Dutch factory at Surat.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
4. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].The first letter, sent from Bussora and dated 1 May 1781, covers subjects including:Reports received from Bushire [Bushehr] concerning the movements of English ships and civil conflict in Muscat, including a report that a force from Julphar [Ra’s al-Khaymah] is planning to interveneReports received from India regarding the conflict with the Mahrattas [First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783]An intercepted Dutch letter relaying news of the rupture in relations with Britain to Dutch colonies in IndiaPeace between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe] and Latouche’s hopes that this will increase the trade and security of BussoraRobberies allegedly connected to the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b].Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.The second letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 May 1781, covers subjects including:The arrival in Bussora of the merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth and arrangements for their passage to IndiaThe transit via Bussora of dispatches from London to IndiaThe movements of other travellers, including suspected French and Dutch agents.Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.The third letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 June 1781, covers subjects including:Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the GulfThe activities of the Basha, including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of BussoraNews of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to BombayNews from Bombay regarding English shipsIntelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
5. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].Two copies of a letter dated 11 April 1781. The letter forwards intelligence received in Bussora and discusses issues in communicating with London. Subjects covered include:The detention of messengers carrying letters received from India via the ship Morning Staren route to AleppoReports received from Aleppo and Constantinople [Istanbul], in particular news of a rupture with Holland which Latouche has forwarded with high priority to India via the Morning Star, and attempts to intercept Dutch communicationsArrangements for East India Company merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth to travel to India via BussoraThe movements of French travellers and attempts to intercept a French officer reported to be travelling to IndiaThe expedition of the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe]Political intelligence from the Gulf region, including a rumoured attack on Ispahan [Esfahan] by Sadoo Caun [Muḥammad Sādiq Khān Zand], and civil conflict in Muscat.The second letter, dated 25 February 1781, forwards copies of letters received via the Morning Starto the Court of Directors via the camp of the Basha and Constantinople. Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/3.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
6. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 15 June 1781. Subjects covered include:Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the GulfThe activities of the Basha [Sulaymān Pāshā Āl Kabīr, Governor of Baghdad], including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of BussoraNews of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to BombayNews from Bombay regarding English shipsIntelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].A duplicate of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.Attached to the letter is part of another letter from Latouche to the Court of Directors dated 27 June 1781. It covers:Intelligence from the Coromandel coast concerning French movements and the conflict with Heyder AllyThe movements of ships.The remainder of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/15. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/20.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
7. Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: The second part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 12 October 1781. Subjects covered include:Civil conflict in MuscatAttacks on a Muscat ship by French ‘privateers’, the effect of this on trade in the Gulph [Gulf], and the Basha’s [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] intercession with the FrenchThe movements of ships and British travellers to and from India via BussoraPlans to intercept a suspected Dutch messenger at Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]The state of affairs in Bagdat [Baghdad] and Persia [Iran]Reports from India, including the capture of the Dutch factory at SuratThe trade in woollens in Bussora.The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the third part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/16.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
8. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].The first letter, dated 1 May 1781, forwards intelligence received at Bussora. Subjects covered include:Reports received from Bushire [Bushehr] concerning the movements of English ships and civil conflict in Muscat, including a report that a force from Julphar [Ra’s al-Khaymah] is planning to interveneReports received from India regarding the conflict with the Mahrattas [First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783]An intercepted Dutch letter relaying news of the rupture in relations with Britain to Dutch colonies in IndiaPeace between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā’il tribe] and Latouche’s hopes that this will increase the trade and security of BussoraRobberies allegedly connected to the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b].The second letter, dated 14 May 1781, covers:The arrival in Bussora of the merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth, and arrangements for their passage to India carrying communications from the Court of DirectorsThe movements of other travellers in the region, including suspected French and Dutch agents.Duplicates of the same letters can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/13.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)