Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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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.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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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...
Letter No. 93 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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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].
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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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...
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...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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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...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Bazett Doveton, Military Accountant, Bombay
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Letter informing him that an order for the amount of retrenchment against Assistant Surgeon Henry Johnston had been transmitted by Colonel Stannus to the Military Pay Master at the Residency.
