Letter No. 1004 [Political Department] from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, to the Assistant in Charge of the Bushire Residency
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The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of the Assistant in Charge’s previous letter dated 31 May 1831, reporting on hostilities between Shaikh Tahnoon [Tahnun] of Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Sultan bin Suggur [Saqr] of Ra's al-Khaymah and Shaikh Rashid ben Humeed [Rashid bin Humayd al-Nuai...
Letter from Robert Money, Bombay Persian Secretary’s Office, to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing the following items: 1) Letter dated 14 March 1831 (Arabic with English translation, folios 4-5) from the Honourable the Governor to Turkee bin Saood [Turki bin Sa‘ūd]. The Governor responds to Sa‘ūd’s letter of 25 January 1831 and congratulates him on...
Letter from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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This letter, received 12 July 1834, contains a copy of a dispatch from the Deputy Secretary to the Supreme Government, dated 1 February, connected with the affairs of Muscat. It instructs the Resident to let the Regency of Muscat understand that strict neutrality will be observed by the British G...
Letter No. 1112 from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter, received 8 November 1834, Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, includes a copy of a letter from the Resident, David Anderson Blane, dated 3 July 1834, writing from on board the Amherst at sea, reporting on the unfavourable state of the affairs of His Highness the...
Letter No. 1127 from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter, received 8 November 1834, Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, encloses a copy of a letter, dated 26 June 1834, which he has received from David Anderson Blane, who is writing from the Honourable Company's sloop of war Amherst, concerning present conditions of Ba...
Letter No. 593 from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a report from the Resident indicating that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has abandoned his plans of attacking the Shahabeen tribe. It further instructs him to encourage the 'Chiefs of Arabia' to resist Egyptian encroachment into Oman.
Letter No. 803 from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Bombay Government approves of his efforts to renew the truce for the duration of the upcoming pearl fishing season.
Letter No. 1796 from ... (illegible) , Acting Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is conveying the approval of the Bombay Government over the Resident's proceedings with respect to his efforts to extend the prohibition of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf.
Letter No. 1132 from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is instructing the Resident to report on the proceedings of the Chief of Shunas (also spelt Shinas and Sheenas in this item), and to make a certain adjustment in the Military Department. One enclosure; translated substance of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat to the Persian Se...