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1. IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 37-38
Title:
Letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay to Abdoolla bin Achmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad] of the race of Khuleefee [Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a dispute between the Shaikh of Bushire and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat. It recommends that if paying tribute to the Imam is a matter of 'established right', it should be done; if his claims are unfounded, it is hoped he will drop the matter. It also caution...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:

2 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 39-40
Title:
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the treaty negotiated by William Bruce with the Persian authorities at Shirauz [Shiraz]. It explains that this action was not only unauthorised, but contrary to British foreign policy in respect to the Persian Gulf, and makes intolerable concessions to Persia. It especially n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1822
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/26, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26, f 9
Title:
Letter No 249 of 1822 from James B Simson, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is instructing the Resident to enquire into the progress of Mahomed Enoos [Muḥammad ‘Anūs], a native doctor sent to Muscat to introduce vaccination to Imam's territories.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1822
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 2-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 2-8
Title:
Letter No 56 of 1822 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is instructing the Resident to stop off at Muscat during his return trip from Bombay to Bushire, so that he may make representations on behalf of the Bombay Government to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat (also spelt Immaun in this item), regarding the suppression of the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1822
Extent:
7 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 10-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26, ff 10-36
Title:
Letter No 4 from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia to Francis Rawdon Hastings, Marquis of Hastings, Governor General of India [Governor General of Bengal and Fort William]
Scope & Content:
The letter is transmitting a copy of Henry Willock's dispatch (No 3) sent to HM Chief Secretary of State. It notes that he will leave Tehran on the 5 April 1822, so long as no restraint is placed on him by the Persian authorities. The dispatch contains a covering letter (No 1) and six enclosure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1822
Extent:

27 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26
Title:
Vol 26: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce. However, much of the content has been weeded, and is no longer present in the file; this is indicated by gaps in the file's pagination sequence. The remaining content includes some instructions to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1822-1 Dec 1822
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (38 folios)