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101. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 112 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 112 1
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement of receipt of a packet for Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor in Council under cover to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, which Stannus had forwarded to Bombay by the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Palinurus.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1826
Extent:

1 folio

102. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 112 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 112 2
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain G Walker, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Benares and Senior Officer in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Stannus gives instructions for the Amherst to proceed from Bassidore to Bushire by way of Bahrain, taking in the pearl banks and all the fishing stations en route. The letter also concerns the Elphinstone, the Nautilus and cash for the cruisers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1826
Extent:

1 folio

103. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 120
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to The President and Members of the Native Pension Fund Committee, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus asks if clerks or other servants who retire from public employment at their own request are entitled to the return of any part of their contributions to the Native Pension Fund.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1826
Extent:

1 folio

104. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain George Herne, Senior Officer at Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf]
Scope & Content:
Riach asks for accurate information about the movements of Rahma [Raḥmah bin Jābir] at Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf], particularly if he had committed any acts of aggression toward boats from Katiff or elsewhere in the area. Riach asks in a postscript for information on the circumstances in which a boat of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1826
Extent:
2 folios

105. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 18v-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 18v-19
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach informs Elphinstone that Catchatoor Johannes had endorsed two sets of bills of exchange at Shiraz in favour of two named persons. The bills, which were in connection with His Majesty's mission to Persia, had been drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran, and were t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

106. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 22v-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 22v-26
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus explains the circumstances surrounding a bill for repairs to the Residency, to which an objection had been raised by the Auditor General. He hopes to be relieved of the charge, and refers to previous correspondence with the Bombay Government. Enclosed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1826
Extent:

5 folios

107. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 34-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 34-36
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain Thomas Elwon, the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Antelope
Scope & Content:
Riach instructs Elwon to proceed to Bahrine [Bahrain] to investigate the seizure of several boats belonging to Bedda by people under the authority of Sheikh Tannoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi], who had previously reported the seizure of ten of his pearl boats by a subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1826
Extent:

3 folios

108. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 59-60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 59-60
Title:
Political Department letter no. 14 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus reports a conversation he had had with the Imam of Muscat [Said bin Sultan al-Said] on the subject of his treaty with the British: the Imam was aware of the amicable relations between the two governments; did not wish to become an embrrassment to the British; and had supposed that the arr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1826
Extent:

2 folios

109. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 60-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 60-62
Title:
Political Department letter no. 15 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus reports a conversation he had had at Muscat with the Imam of Muscat [Said bin Sultan al-Said] in which the Imam had stated that he had been grossly insulted by the Sheikh of Bushere [Bushire], Abdool Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl] and intended to seize the island of Kharack [Kharg] in retal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1826
Extent:

3 folios

110. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 62v-63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 62v-63
Title:
Political Department letter no. 16 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus reports that he had communicated to the Imam of Muscat [Said bin Sultan al-Said] the contents of the Court of Directors' dispatch dated 11 February 1826 concerning Bombassa. The Imam still expected to receive redress for his grievances.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1826
Extent:

2 folios