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CLIV
Public Dopartmont Diary. No. 46.

Bombay Castle, 25th February 1766.
The Letter from the Resident at Busbire bore date the 6th Ultimo and Bushireletter from
was purposoly to advise that on the 1st Meer Mahana bad by Esclade made
himself master of the Dutch Town and Fort at Carraok after beseiging it Expu'iton of tha
13 Days. That the Resident thereof with about 60 soldiers had arrived at ^UMeerrM«hM1Z*k
Bushire the Day before and requested Mr. Jorvis would supply them* with iSSYuli
what money and necessaries they might have oocasion for which he had Bashir® Residency
thought proper to grant and should take the Resident and Factors bills for
what money bo might let them havo. That the Dutch gentlemen bad in­
formed him they had made a bravo defence though appeared quito otherwise
to him as they had in Europeans &c. Natives near 200 Fighting Men and
Meer Mahana at most not above 600 and without Cannon who about midnight
on the 31st December escladed the Town walls and got possession of the
Castions and the next morning though there were above 60 or 70 Europeans
in the Fort they delivered it up on condition of retiring in safety to what
place they chose not having had above 8 or 9 Men killed, and wounded, that
during the above transactions they were two Company ships lying in the
road who immediately sailed down the Gulph when they saw the flag of truce
hoisted in the fort but the Dutch Resident had dispatched a boat after them
with Orders for one of them to return to take away himself and people either
to Gombroon or Coohin. That it was thought Meer Mahana would soon
after make an attempt on either Bushire or Barein and had spread a report
that our Hon'ble Masters and other English property should be safe, though
Mr. Jervis observed litte dcpendauce could be had on the faith of a man who
had murdered Father, Mother, Brother and about • twenty other relations.
He said that from the best accounts he was informed the two Bomb Vessels
might take Carrack Town and Fort and that Meer Mahana being destroyed
would be very advantageous to trade and that the Capture would be consider­
able as tho. the Dutch had to empty ships in the Road they did not take the
precautions to ship their goods off.

CLV.
1766. Public Department Diary No. 46.

Bombay Castle, 1st March 1766.
That to the Resident at Bushire acquainted them that we bad received Bu»hi ro letter to.
both Original and Duplicate of Mr. Jervis’s Letter of the 6th January and
pvnress our Concern at Meer Mahana having taken Carack and still more at ioatraotion from
bU havinK intentions to attack Bushire. though we did not doubt of their
taken the necessary precaution for their security of our Hon’ble Masters.™^*"
property there, and at the same time enjoined cautiously to avoid interfering
in hie disputes with the Dutch or country Government unless directed to do so
from the Agency and at no rate to assist them against him or attempt to
employ any pari of the foreigner now in the Gulph against Carack. We
approve of Mr. Jervis'a having entertained the Hutch in their distress and
acquiesced his charging in his disbursements any expenoe which ire incurred
2578 F. D.