Political Department letter no. 5 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Riach informs Newnham that he had received his letter of 20 January and forwarded the accompanying packets to their destinations in Tehran and Bussora [Basra].
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain George Herne, the Honourable Company's Cruiser Benares, commanding at Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf]
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The letter concerns the seizure of an Abothebee [Abu Dhabi] boat by people from Bedda under the authority of Soveedan been Zal. Riach regrets that Herne had not managed to obtain an independent account of what had happened.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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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.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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The letter informs Willock that a bill favour of Aga Mohomed Ally had been accepted and that the amount when paid would be debited to the account of His Majesty's mission to Persia.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
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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...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus requests payment of a bill for articles to the amount of 2473.2 rupees in return for a present of nearly equal value received from the Imam of Muscat.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain G Walker, Senior Officer of the Marine
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Riach gives instructions for the movements of the Nautilus, and informs Walker that the Antelope had gone to Bahrine [Bahrain] and Abothbee [Abu Dhabi] to investigate the seizure of boats at Bedda. He asks for any information about this, and a reciprocal seizure.