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101. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 92-97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 92-97
Title:
Letter No. 2 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding proceedings relative to the Fort of Derah [Ad Dir‘īyah], tand he measures the Imam of Muscat (Saʻīd bin Sulṭān) intended to take to bring about its demolition. The letter encloses a series of letters and translations which demonstrate the difficulties being faced by the Ima...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1827
Extent:

6 folios

102. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 97-98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 97-98
Title:
Letter No. 3 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a translation of a letter from the late Rahma ben Jabir [Rahma bin Jabir] to Sooltan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] as an example of the character of Rahma ben Jabir. The letter notes that the enclosed translation was forwarded by the Agent at Sharga [Sharjah] and differs consider...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1827
Extent:

6 folios

103. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 99-102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 99-102
Title:
Letter No. 1 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Military Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that Shaik Abdool Kareem, a private in the 1st Company Marine Battalion attached to the Bushire Residency Escort, had been placed in confinement and was being taken to Headquarters as a prisoner on board Elphinstone as the charges against him were of a criminal and serious natur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1827
Extent:

4 folios

104. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 107v-108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 107v-108
Title:
Letter No. 3 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding dispataches sent from Tehran which had been forwarded to Bombay on HC Cruizer Elphinstone, and a later dispatch which arrived shortly after the Elphinstone's departure and which had been forwarded on to Bassidore [Bāsa’īdū] in the hope it might catch up with the Elphinstone there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1827
Extent:

2 folios

105. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 108-110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 108-110
Title:
Letter No. 4 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding packages which had been detained at the Customs House in Shiraz, and which had now been given to Mirza Alli Ackbar [Mirza Ali Akbar], following an order from the Prince of Shiraz, who in turn had forwarded them on to Isfahan. The letter continues by noting that these packages ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1827
Extent:

3 folios

106. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 112v-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 112v-125
Title:
Letter No. 7 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on a counter revolution which took place the night of 3 February 1827 by the people of Bushire and men from the Beni Hadjer [Banī Hājir] Tribe, all led by Shaik Hossen [Shaikh Ḥusayn Khan] (brother of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān). The letter goes on to describe the actions of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1827
Extent:

14 folios

107. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 3 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 3 2
Title:
Letter no 46 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Encloses (not included) an account of cash expended on repairs of the Residency during the last quarter for the sanction of Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1826
Extent:
1 folio

108. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 4
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 squadron from Muscat anchored at Bushire on 27 July 1826 escorting the ship Nassreh Shah [Nāṣirah Shāh?], formerly of the Shaikh of Bushire, captured by the Imam of Muscat on its way from Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826
Extent:
1 folio

109. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 4v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 4v
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges receipt of Macdonald's letter dated 11 July 1826 transmitting despatches for the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826
Extent:
1 folio

110. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 5v
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Charge D'affaires at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Transmits (not included) Returns of the Trade of Bushire for the year ending 31 December 1825. Stannus attributes the small number of English ships arriving at Bushire to the Burmese expedition, but comments that trade in general appears to be on the decline.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1826
Extent:

1 folios