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221. IOR/R/15/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35
Title:
‘Vol 37, 38, 40 Letters inward and outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a mix of inward and outward letters, received and sent from the Residency. Most of the letters are outward letters, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to various representatives of the Government of Bombay. The letters in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1825-23 Dec 1825
Extent:
1 volume, 59 items (92 folios)

222. 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

223. 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

224. IOR/R/15/1/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37
Title:
Vol 43: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a few letters sent to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, by William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government. The subject is the status of the diplomatic relationship between the British Government and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1826-11 Feb 1826
Extent:
1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)

225. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7
Title:
Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication sent by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay to Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir], Shaikh of the Jalahamah tribe, dated 16 January 1826, in response to a letter received from him, dated 7 November 1825. The enclosure is in Arabic and includes a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1826
Extent:

3 folios

226. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 8-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 8-32
Title:
Letter No. 196 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of communications sent by the Resident dated 11 December 1825, 1 and 4 January 1826. In response, it instructs the Resident to reassure Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat (also spelt Muskat), that he has nothing to fear from the activities of Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1826
Extent:

25 folios

227. IOR/R/15/1/38-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of separate volumes of letters inward and outward; secret letters inward and outward; and 'native letters' inward and outward (also referred to as 'translation books': letters from Native Agents at Bahrain, Shiraz, Sharjah, Muscat, and elsewhere, and local rulers and official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1826-1849
Extent:
81 files and volumes (7642 folios)

228. IOR/R/15/1/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/41
Title:
'Book 47: 1826-1827'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters and enclosures inwards from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, to Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire between 1826 and 1827. There are letters relating to Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the former Governor o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
3 Nov 1826-28 Apr 1827
Extent:
1 file, 9 items (33 folios)

229. IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 29-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 29-30
Title:
Letter No 357 of 1827 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]
Scope & Content:
This letter refers to William Newnham's letter dated 22 February and transmits an original letter from the Governor of Bombay to Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī, the ruler of Sharjah] together with English and Arabic copies for the Resident's information. Only the Arabic copy is enc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1827
Extent:

2 folios

230. IOR/R/15/1/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/49
Title:
Vol 59: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters received by David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, and Charles Norris, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The letters cover the following subjects: the concerns of Mahomed B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1829-21 Jul 1829
Extent:
1 volume, 3 items (18 folios)

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