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1. IOR/R/15/1/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36
Title:
Outward Let[ters], Book No 42, 1st January 1826 to 31 July 1826
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent out from the Residency, Bushire (with copies of enclosures where applicable). The correspondence is general, covering all aspects of the Residency's administrative functions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1826-31 Jul 1826
Extent:
1 volume, 184 items (135 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 20-21
Title:
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus requests an additional allowance for the Assistant Surgeon at Bushire [James Pringle Riach] to compensate for his receiving a lower salary than those in similar positions in certain Indian residencies received, especially as the Assistant Surgeon at Bus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 37
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Acknowledging receipt of copies of correspondence between Government and Wedderburn's office relating to a short balance of cash delivered by Captain Henry Hardy to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus when he took charge of the Residency on 17 December 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1826
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 2-3
Title:
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Kandalla. There is a reference to an enclosure that is not transcribed in the volume. Stannus reports that the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] had expressed his concern that the British had apparently allowed the Joassmees [Quwāsim] to act offensively against...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1826
Extent:
2 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 21v-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 21v-22
Title:
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus requests that some compensation be paid to Captain Evan Jervis for his period in charge of the Residency, and that an allowance be paid to Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach, who had perforned all the duties of the Residency since Stannus had left Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 1
Title:
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is addressed from Bombay. Stannus reports a conversation he had had at Muscat with the Imam [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] concerning his possessions on the coast of Africa. The Imam had complained that the British Agent had incited the people of Bombassa [Mombasa] to attack several of hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1826
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 22
Title:
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus asks to be allowed to draw the whole of his allowances until his return to Bushere [Bushire].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1826
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 39
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach informs Elphinstone that Catchatoor Johannes had endorsed a set of bills of exchange at Shiraz in favour of Hajee Aga. The bills, which were in connection with His Majesty's mission to Persia, had been drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran, and were to be carrie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1826
Extent:

1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 48 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 48 1
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter communicates arrangements for forwarding a packet for Willock from Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1826
Extent:

1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 52v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 52v
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
Scope & Content:
Riach forwards statements of disbursements (not transcribed) for His Majesty's Mission for the quarters ending 31 October 1825 and 31 January 1826. He requests receipts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1826
Extent:

1 folio