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1. IOR/R/15/1/37, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, f 2
Title:
Letter No. 37 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging a communication sent by the Resident, dated 1 December 1825. In response, it states that the Governor of Bombay approves of the Resident's handling of the enquiries of the Chieftain Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr]. It further explains the British policy of neutral...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1826
Extent:
1 folio

2. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter No. 39 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging a dispatch (no. 45), dated 12 November 1826, which informed the Bombay Government of the Resident's failure to effect a peace settlement between Rahma bin Janber [Raḥmah bin Jābir], Shaikh of the Jalahamah tribe, and his neighbours. It explains that the British cannot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 8-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 8-32
Title:
Letter No. 196 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of communications sent by the Resident dated 11 December 1825, 1 and 4 January 1826. In response, it instructs the Resident to reassure Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat (also spelt Muskat), that he has nothing to fear from the activities of Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1826
Extent:

25 folios

4. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7
Title:
Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication sent by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay to Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir], Shaikh of the Jalahamah tribe, dated 16 January 1826, in response to a letter received from him, dated 7 November 1825. The enclosure is in Arabic and includes a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1826
Extent:

3 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37
Title:
Vol 43: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a few letters sent to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, by William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government. The subject is the status of the diplomatic relationship between the British Government and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1826-11 Feb 1826
Extent:
1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)