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591. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 40v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 40v
Title:
Letter No. 65 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that he had hired the services of Moola Hussen [Mullā Ḥusayn] at Sharga [Sharjah] as agent on the Arabian Coast, as from 1 September 1826, stating that his intelligence gathering activity would make him particularly useful in that area, and reporting that he would commence looki...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

1 folio

592. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 68v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 68v 1
Title:
Letter No. 86 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Brief letter forwarding a letter from Shaik Ahmed ben Khamis [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Khamīs], the new Governor of Bushire to the Governor of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 40v-41
Title:
Letter No. 66 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that the Imam of Muscat had intimated, in conversation, his intention to blockade the port of Bussorah [Basra] as his negotiations with the authorities there had failed to 'do him justice'. The letter also states that the Imam had agreed to give notice of his intentions, should ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

2 folios

594. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 41v-43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 41v-43
Title:
Letter No. 67 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on his trip to the Arabian Coast to attempt to resolve the issues arising from the Sooeedan [Sūwaydān] tribe's refusal to abandon their settlement at Derah [Dayrah]. The letter includes report of a conversation with Shaikh Sooltan ben Sugger [Sultan bin Saqr] who had taken up r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

3 folios

595. 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

596. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding news from the Native Agent at Shiraz (Mirza ‘Alī Akbar) that packets being forwarded to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald had been detained at the Customs House in Shiraz, and Colonel Stannus's belief that their detention was intended as an insult and demonstration that friendly rela...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1827
Extent:

5 folios

597. IOR/R/15/1/86, ff 2-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/86, ff 2-21
Title:
Letter No. 700 of 1839 from Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dickinson, Chief Engineer at Bombay, and Lieutenant-Colonel George Moore, Member of the Military Board, Bombay, to Sir James Rivett Carnac, Baronet, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a report (detailed below) sent by the officer commanding the British force occupying Kharg [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]. It makes recommendations concerning the extent the proposals should be followed pending a decision on how long the British intend to remain on the island, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1839
Extent:
17 folios

598. IOR/R/15/1/86, ff 21v-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/86, ff 21v-23
Title:
Letter No. 3154 of 1840 from Colonel David Barr, Military Auditor General, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dickinson, Chief Engineer at Bombay, and Lieutenant-Colonel George Moore, Member of the Military Board, Bombay, to Sir James Rivett Carnac, Baronet, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a response to a request for recommendations on the extent repairs should be made to the defences of the Island of Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]; the authors draw attention to the report submitted on the matter in their address No. 700 of 14 September 1839 (see ff 2-21), and some of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1840
Extent:
3 folios