Letter No. 542 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain David Wilson, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
William Newnham acknowledges receipt of Wilson's despatch No. 12, dated 29 March 1827, and other despatches from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the previous Political Resident.
Letter from George Swinton, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Colonel John MacDonald Kinneir, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
George Swinton acknowledges receipt of MacDonald's despatches, dated 10 and 24 May and 1, 10, 12 and 20 August 1826, and encloses a copy of a minute by Lord Amherst, the Governor General of India, dated 17 December 1826, concerning the Russo-Persian War.
Memorandum of a Letter from Colonel Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The memorandum records communication of a reply of the Imam to a letter, the Imam's communication with the Derah people, and a wish to reconcile Rahma bin Jabir and his neighbour and Stannus' faliure to achieve this.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the Imam's relationship with the people of Derah, and their desire for his protection. Stannus suggests the Imam extend this protection upon the act of the Derah destroying their fortifications and moving to a place of his suggestion.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Shaikh Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses Stannus' visit to the Imam of Muscat and the resolutions they reached regarding Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] and the Soocedan Tribe's habitation of Derah. It also discuses the role of Shaikh Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] in this issue.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Royal Highness the Prince of Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The letter is a note accompanying forwarded correspondence from Colonel Macdonald concerning the restitution of property plundered by the inhabitants of Dashtee [Khormoj, Iran].
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
This letter regards the passing on of communications relating to Mahomed Ally Pasha, and alludes to a matter involving Toorkey bin Saood [Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Āl Sa‘ūd, founder of the Second Saudi State].
Draft letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam [of Muscat]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the subject of the removal of Salime bin Nasser and his Tribe from Derah as the means of avoiding taking further measures, and the matter of negotiating peace between Derah and Debaye [Dubai].
