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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/34

1. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 17
Title:
Letter No 949 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 a letter dated 1 July 1824 (No 41), which reported an earthquake at Shirauz [Shiraz]. It is stated therefore that the Governor of Bombay has authorised the Resident to provide all necessary aid to Meerza Ali Ackbar, the company's agent at Shirauz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

2. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 18
Title:
Letter No 951 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 sanctioning the payment of Syud Hunga of Johanna's [Nzwane] (brother to the Queen of that island) expenses by the Resident.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 19
Title:
Letter No 950 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 the Resident's dispatch (No 42) concerning the Persian Government's meditated attack on Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 22
Title:
Letter No 1018 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs the Political Agent that he is to be considered subordinate to the Resident in the Persian Gulf in matters respecting the maritime Arabs, the inhabitants of the Persian coast, and the wider Gulf. It is possible that this letter was once an enclosure to another letter addresse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 2-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 2-8
Title:
Letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'affaires to the Court of Persia, Sultanick [Solţānīyeh] to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Agent [Resident] in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a report submitted by the Resident (dated 3 June 1824) on the subject of trade between India and Persia. It further mentions that it would be useful to obtain information on the quantity of British and Indian merchandise imported into the Arabian Coast ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1824
Extent:
7 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 9-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 9-12
Title:
Letter No 840 of 1824 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns two boats from Sharga [Sharjah] that the British suspect of being involved in a piratical act. It encloses a copy of a letter from George Swinton, Secretary to the Government of Fort William, Calcutta to William Newnham dated 25 June 1824. The enclosed communication provides i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1824
Extent:
4 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 13-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 13-16
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles Sealy, Commander of the HC Cruizer Ternate and Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident of the [Persian] Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Captain Sealy has not been able to comply with the Resident's suggestion to return the captured boat to Sharga [Sharjah], as it is not in a fit state to cross the Gulf. It notes that Sultan ben Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr], the Shaikh of Sharga, has sent someone to ident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1824
Extent:
4 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter No 953 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 the Resident's dispatch (No 44), which further reported on the state of the Persian Gulf. It further states that the Governor of Bombay approves of the tenor of his letter to Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] respecting his possible connection to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 23-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 23-27
Title:
Letter from William Simson, Acting Persian Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing two letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, addressed to Abbass Merza [‘Abbās Mīrzā], Prince Royal of Persia, and Mirza Abul Capim Carjim Mukam; the letters are both dated 30 August 1824. The enclosed letters express pleasantries and compliments. They a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1824
Extent:

5 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles Sealy, Captain of the HC Cruizer Ternate and Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding Captain Charles Maillard's report (not present) on the unsettled state of the Persian Gulf. It notes that Captain Sealy believes that ten boats from Sharga [Sharjah] were taken by Shaikh Soliman bin Nassau Sowdan of Debay [Dubai]; the Captain cites two boats taken from L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1824
Extent:

2 folios

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