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171. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 16v-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 16v-17
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Salime bin Nasser
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses Salime bin Nasser's possession of Derah against the wishes of the Imam, who has subsequently withdrawn his protection, and in breach of an agreement concluded at Sharga [Sharjah]. Stannus advises Salime bin Nasser to withdraw.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1826
Extent:

2 folios

172. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 18v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 18v-19
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Mahomed Zekee Khan
Scope & Content:
This letter regards Mahomed Zekee Khan's request for assistance from Stannus in the release of Shaik Abdool Russool Kahn [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, Governor of Bushire] and the restitution of his ships from the Imam of Muscat, and Kahn's public negative declarations on the conduct of both Stannus and C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1826
Extent:
2 folios

173. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 21v-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 21v-22
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the Imam's measures for demolition of the fort at Derah, and the possibility of removing Salmine bin Nassir and the Soceedan Tribe from their present location for their own safety and in order to maintain peace.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1827
Extent:
2 folios

174. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 24v-25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 24v-25
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Mohumed Zekee Khan
Scope & Content:
The letter gives Stannus' apologies for not being able to meet with Mohumed Zekee Khan and the Prince, due to the threat of inclement weather. It notes that Stannus is leaving Bushire due to others conduct towards him, and he will move to a place in the Tungaseer District south of Bushire to carr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1827
Extent:
2 folios

175. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 27v-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 27v-28
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Mahomed Zekee Khan
Scope & Content:
The letter mentions an enclosure from the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], which Stannus states absolves him of being thought to have acted inappropriately in the matter of a quarrel between the Shaikh of Bushire and the Muscat Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1827
Extent:
2 folios

176. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 31v-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 31v-32
Title:
Letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Rashid bin Ahmed
Scope & Content:
The letter refers to the receipt of previous correspondence regarding the people of Koet and asks for further details on the events therein.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1827
Extent:
2 folios

177. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 34v-35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 34v-35
Title:
Draft of a letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Sooltan bin Sugger
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses legitimate reasons to go to war, and complaints sent from Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] to Bombay with the results of Wilson's investigation into them. The complaints cover the subjects of Tanoon's [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] destruction of Dherah, and Wilson offer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1827
Extent:
2 folios

178. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 40v-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 40v-41
Title:
Draft of a letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Alli Morad Khan
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the case of Ibrahim the Shroff to answer for a debt.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1827
Extent:
1 folio

179. IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 60v-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38, ff 60v-61
Title:
Draft of a letter from Major David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Hajee Meer Baker
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the lateness of packets reaching Colonel Macdonald and the dismissal of a cossid [official messenger].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1828
Extent:
2 folios

180. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter No.938 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to the Government to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a receipt of a previous letter relating to the Imam of Muscat’s designs against Bushire. Greenhill writes that the Governor in Council is of the opinion that His Highness should be now left to pursue his own policy towards Bushire and that Stannus, as Resident,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826
Extent:

2 folios