Letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to His Royal Highness The Prince of Shiraz
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The letter refers to ruckhums [official correspondance] addressed to Stannus and their contents, proposals laid before the Prince, and discusses the return of the Residency to Bushire.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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Letter forwarding a corrected abstract of expenditure during Stannus absence on duty from the Residency November and December 1825, and March and April 1826; along with additional expenses incurred between 30 October and 11 November 1825 whilst on official duty at Katiffe [Al Qaţīf] in Bahrein. ...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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Letter reporting that Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach had returned to the Bushire Residency following his employment with the Envoy to the Court of Persia, and had resumed his duties from Assistant Surgeon Henry Johnston, who was proceeding to the Residency at Bussorah [Basra]. The lette...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Bazett Doveton, Military Accountant, Bombay
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Letter reporting that Lieutenant Strong, Commanding the Escort at the Bushire Residency had received his arrears of pay and allowance for the ten months from 1 March to 31 December 1826. The letter goes on to state that there had been a delay in sending the abstracts as Lieutenant Nesbitt Strong...
Letter from William Sowden Collinson, Commodore of the Indian Navy at Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū], to David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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The letter acknowledges receipt of correspondence and the sum of 12,000 rupees for the maintenance of the naval station at Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū]. It reports the movement of ships in the Gulf, namely the Amherst, Elphinstone, Coote, and Clive. The suspicion is expressed that recent disagreements b...
Letter from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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The letter concerns the reconciliation effected between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Shaikh Abdoollah bin Rashid [‘Abdullāh bin Rashid] of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and the renewal for twelve months of the Maritime Truce on the Arab coast. H...
Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding the Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding relations with Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr].
Letter from the Assistant Resident, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, on board the Sloop Clive, Bushire Roads, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter from the Assistant Resident, Arnold Burrowes Kemball , on board the Sloop Clive, Bushire Roads, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, reporting on relations with the maritime tribes in the Gulf and on his trip to the Trucial States.
Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on board the Sloop Clive, off Sharga, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on board the Sloop Clive, off Sharga [Sharjah, UAE], to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Samuel Hennell, informing of his visit to Kenn and Karrack [Kharg, Iran] to inquire on the wrec...