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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/36

151. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 72v-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 72v-73
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter for bills for table expenses during Stannus's absence from the Residency from 18 November 1825 to 5 April 1826.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1826
Extent:

2 folios

152. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 73-76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 73-76
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Stannus asks Macdonald to initiate an appeal against a monetary award made in the court of the qadee (cadi) at Bushire against Arrathoon Malcolm, linguist of the Residency. Stannus felt that the decision had not been impartial, and he recites the particulars of the case. He also raises the questi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1826
Extent:

4 folios

153. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 76v-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 76v-77
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus submits a list (transcribed within the letter) of items of expenditure, which had not been expressly authorised by Government, including costs of entertaining Kasim Khan and his suite, who had been proceeding on a mission to Bombay in September 1825, and costs of repairs to the Residency,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

154. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 79v-80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 79v-80
Title:
Political Department letter no. 25 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to relations between Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir] and the neighbouring states of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf]. Stannus had informed all the chiefs concerned of the intention of Government to remain neutral, and on finding no aggression had been attempted agai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

155. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 82v-83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 82v-83
Title:
Political Department letter no. 29 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus reports the death of Shahee Jan, one of the widows of Mahomed Houssein Khan, who was a pensioner of the Residency. The husband of the deceased was the only legitimate son of Mehdy Ali Khan, formerly Resident at Bushire, and received a pension in respect of his father's services to the Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

156. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 83v-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 83v-84
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns Sued Humza [referred to elsewhere in the volume as Syeed Hamza] of Johanna [Nzwane], whose bugla [buggalow] had been plundered near Boordekhan in the territory of the Sheikh of Dashtee [Dashti]. Stannus asks Macdonald to make an appeal to His Royal Highness: this, he thinks, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

157. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 84v-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 84v-85
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain C J Maillard, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Amherst
Scope & Content:
Stannus informs Maillard that the Amherst was required to take Captain Robert Taylor to Bussorah [Basra]. The Amherst was also to remain at the service of Captain Taylor at Bussorah, should circumstances require it.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

158. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 85v-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 85v-86
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain G Walker, Senior Officer, Marine, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Stannus writes to Walker concerning the operations of the Antelope; the deployment of the Amherst; alterations to the instructions to officers in command of cruisers; the need for cruisers not to intervene in the event of war between Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir] and the Sheikhs of Bahrein ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

159. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 86v-87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 86v-87
Title:
Political Department letter no. 30 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus reports that he had received letters from the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] and the Agent at Muscat indicating that the Imam intended to commence hostilities at Bushire immediately. Stannus intended to avoid all interference in the dispute until directed otherwise, although h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

160. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 87v-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 87v-88
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the auditing of the accounts of the Residency from September 1823 to October 1825. The letter also refers to the pay of Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach; and the acceptance by the Resident of various accounting methods detailed by the Auditor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1826
Extent:

2 folios

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