Search

038-000227469 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

531. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 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 a register of drafts sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald for forthcoming bills that he would be sending to the treasury at Bushire, and regarding the rate of exchange between Tomans and Rupees at that time. The letter also refers to the following enclosures which are no longer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1826
Extent:

1 folio

532. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 57 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 57 1
Title:
Letter No. 75 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of a series of despatches from the Political Department, Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

533. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 71v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 71v
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding sums of money which Colonel Macdonald had drawn on the treasury at Bushire, and enclosing a statement of the Cash remaining in deposit on account of the Mission to the Court of Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

534. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 72v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 72v
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter discussing bills drawn on the Bengal and Bombay Governments by the Mission to the Court of Persia; and the current rate of exchange and Colonel Stannus's inclination to wait until the Residency was in need of funds before exchanging the sums in order to perhaps obtain a more favourable ra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

535. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 82 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 82 1
Title:
Letter No. 93 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a communication received from the Agent at Baherin [Bahrain] that Bashire ben Rahma [Bashīr bin Rahma] had surrounded the fort at Daman [Dammam] which was occupied by Abdoola ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

536. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 82 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 82 2
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Colonel Macdonald that a packet from him to the Government at Bombay had been lost in a Batille (boat) off Cape Rasulhad [Ra’s al Ḩadd], and that as the packet had arrived at Bushire on 5 October he estimated they had been written about the 27 or 28 August. The letter conclude...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

537. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 83 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 83 1
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Brief letter transmitting dispatches to him which had arrived at Bushire on the Sophia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

538. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Encloses (not included) a statement of payments made on account of the Mission from the Supreme Government from 31 May to 25 July 1826.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826
Extent:

2 folios

539. 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

540. 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