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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/40

121. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 43v-45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 43v-45
Title:
Letter No. 68 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on his having advised the Imam of Muscat not to consider any attempt to take Mombass [Mombasa] until the final decision of His Majesty's Government was known; discussing intelligence obtained by the Imam that the British Establishment had been removed from Mombass; and the Colon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

3 folios

122. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 45v-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 45v-46
Title:
Letter No. 70 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on events at Bushire prior to his return there from his Arabian coast tour. The events included a revolution in the Government of Bushire, which resulted in Shaik Ahmed ben Khamis [Aḥmad bin Khamīs] taking power. The letter goes on to give background on the Shaikh who had for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

123. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 46v-47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 46v-47
Title:
Letter No. 71 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter forwarding packets and despatches from Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald addressed to the Government at Bombay, Supreme government and Madras Government which contain intelligence relating to the state of affairs in Persia. The letter also refers to a report from the Government agent at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

124. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 47v-48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 47v-48
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding payments made by Major Evan Jervis into the Bushire treasury; the financial process for purchasing horses; and questions regarding calculating the rate of exchange for the issuing of cash from the treasury.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

125. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 48-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 48-49
Title:
Letter No. 73 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding discussions with the authorities at Shiraz in regard to British property shipwrecked on the coast of Dashtee [Dashtī]. The question is raised by the Government of Bombay as to whether the Royal Grant that secured plundered cargo lost on Persian territory was still considered b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

126. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 49v-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 49v-50
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hutchins Bellasis, Commissary General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Lieutenant-Colonel Bellasis that his letter had been delivered to Dr Black of HC Cruizer Elphinstone, but that as the medecines were received by Dr Black during Colonel Stannus's absence he had not yet received the receipts required.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

127. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 50v-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 50v-52
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Colonel Stannus's recent trip to the Arabian Coast and the circumstances which caused him to extend it longer than usual. The letter reports on the Colonel's visit to Kishm [Qeshm] including his visit to the Shaik of Bushire (‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān) who had been captured by the Im...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1826
Extent:

3 folios

128. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 52v-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 52v-54
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the response of His Majesty (Fath ʻAlī Shāh) to the insulting conduct which the Shiraz Government had shown to the Bushire Residency, and thanking Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald for his involvement in the matter. The letter concludes by informing him that the Royal Firman had b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1826
Extent:

3 folios

129. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 54-55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 54-55
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the arrival at Bushire of the Duffadar (person in charge of a small group of troops) and sixteen Suwars (horsemen), discussing arrangements for their onward travel to Bombay, and arrangements for both their pay and the muleteer who accompanied them. The letter also discusses t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1826
Extent:

2 folios

130. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 55v-56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 55v-56
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the services of Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Residency who had deputised for Stannus during his tour of the Arabian Coast, and requesting her be permitted deputation allowance for that time.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

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