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1. IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8
Title:
Letter no.18 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the death of the Shaikh of Bahrain, and the intentions of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] to help the late Shaikh's sons take power, and his plans to seize the Bahrain islands for himself. Newnham's letter is a covering letter, enclosing copies, in English (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1825
Extent:
5 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 9-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 9-12
Title:
Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from the Acting Secretary in the Bombay Persian Secretary's Office
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter in English (folio 11) and Arabic (folio 12) from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to Sooltan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr], dated 16 February 1825. The Acting Secretary requests that Stannus forward the letters to the Governor to Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1825
Extent:
4 folios

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