Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Beni Boo Ali to Lieutenant General Sir Charles Colville, Commander-in-Chief at Bombay
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The letter contains a report on the second military expedition against the Beni Boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe. It describes the force's victory, and provides details of casualties and prisoners taken.
Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter contains a further report on the second military expedition against the Beni Boo Alli [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe. It details the return of the expedition to Soor [Ṣūr], and arrangements being made to transport the troops and captured chieftains back to Bombay. It further details the failed ...
Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, at sea aboard the Byramgore to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter contains a report put together by the Major-General on the suitability of the town of Kishm [Qeshm], on the island of Kishme [Qeshm], as a base for a garrison and naval operations in the Persian Gulf. A number of alternative locations are examined by the author; he recommends they sti...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Andrew Jukes
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The letter is forwarding information to aid Andrew Jukes once he takes up the post of Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]. Enclosed with the letter are the terms of engagement of the Francis Warden, which is to transport Mr Jukes to Kishme, and a list of stores (including tonnage) to be shipped abo...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to [Captain Deschamps], Acting Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
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The letter instructs the Acting Resident to gather intelligence relating to any signs of piracy and fort construction by the sea. It also includes instructions about what to do, and what not do, in the event piratical activity is uncovered.
Letter no. 1759 of 1822 from Secretary to Government of India to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Refers to his letter of 9 November 1822 advising pensions should be granted to members of the family of the late Mehedy Ally Khan [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān] and informs MacLeod that an application has been received from Mariam [Mariyam], a widow of the late Mahomed Hussain Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān], son...
Letter no. 1550 of 1822 from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay to the Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Acquaints MacLeod with letter from Mr Secretary Babington to the Resident at Bushire, dated 28 October 1811, regarding the death of Mahomed Hussain Khaun [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān] and the pension of the older son of Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān].
Letter no. 1583 of 1822 from Secretary of Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Informs MacLeod that the Agency in Turkish Arabia has been separated from that in Persia and Captain [Robert] Taylor has been appointed to the former. The letter also mentions an increase in salaries for the Native Agents at Bushire and Muscat to two hundred rupees per mensem. A letter (1582 of...
Letter no. 1661 of 1822 from Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Encloses copy of instructions issued to the Senior Officer of the Honorable Company's Marine in the Persian Gulf in light of the withdrawal from the island of Kishm and informs MacLeod that the Honorable Governor in Council requests that he submit to him any suggestions he may have regarding thes...
Letter no. 1681 of 1822 from Secretary to Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Encloses copy of a letter from Colonel Kennett, Political Agent at Kishm, dated 19 October 1822, reporting his endeavours to adjust the claims of Ramah bin Jubbur [Raḥmah bin Jābir] and the ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, the Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The letter includes 'Notes of conference...
