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101. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 98v-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 98v-99
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Marine, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from India dated 13 December 1824, which informed the Resident that the artificers at the Bushire Residency are to have their pay placed on an equal footing to those at Bussorah [Basra]. The letter also states that the carpenters and blac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1825
Extent:

2 folios

102. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 100-102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 100-102
Title:
Letter No 17 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding an extract of a letter received by the company's agent at Sherauz [Shiraz], as the Resident has heard a rumour that Zekee Khan (also spelt Zakee Khan) has been put to death by the order of Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār, the King of Persia. The item has one enclosure; an extract ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1825
Extent:

3 folios

103. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 103-115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 103-115
Title:
Letter No 19 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the Resident's trip to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], and Sharga [Sharjah]. It explains that the purpose of his trip was to speak with Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat, and Sooltan been Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] to ensure that the articles of the Sharga treaty are abided b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1825
Extent:

13 folios

104. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 116v-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 116v-117
Title:
Letter No 20 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the Shaikh of Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], Mohomed been Erraher, has agreed to join the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820; it is the Resident's intention to visit Katiffe next October, so that the Shaikh can officially sign the treaty.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1825
Extent:

2 folios

105. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 119-123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 119-123
Title:
Letter No 21 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter explains how the Resident has been able to diplomatically raise the subject of the Beni Boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe with Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat. It reports that the tribe is comfortable, prosperous, and that the Imam has agreed to ensure that the money granted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1825
Extent:

5 folios

106. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 123v-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 123v-126
Title:
Letter No 22 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Sooltan been Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has provided the Resident with a letter (which has been passed on to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat) ordering the Governor of Brymee, Mahomed been Sallem, to give up the fort to the bearer of the aforementioned let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1825
Extent:

4 folios

107. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 133v-134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 133v-134
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, in charge of the Bushire Residency to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding dispatches (not present) received from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'affaires at Tehran, for the Supreme Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1825
Extent:

2 folios

108. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 134v-135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 134v-135
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, in charge of the Bushire Residency to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Accountant General that as the Resident himself drew a bill on the Bombay Government No 12, the bill James Pringle Riach issued should have been therefore labelled No 13.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1825
Extent:

2 folios

109. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 136v-137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 136v-137
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to Captain George Brown Walker, Commander of the HC Cruizer Benares and Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Senior Marine Officer that it is the Resident's intention to be absent from Bushire from July to October 1825, and he plans on making a trip to the Arabian coast on his return. The letter therefore requests that the Elphinstone is dispatched to Bushire in time to covey...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1825
Extent:

2 folios

110. IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 137v-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 137v-138
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'affaires at Tahran [Tehran]
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the state of currency exchange at Bushire and Bussora [Basra], for the purpose of fulfilling bills from Tehran. It explains that it can be very difficult to acquire even small sums, unless there is an immediate prospect of a ship departing for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1825
Extent:

2 folios