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151. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 34
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that he had disposed of all the Bengal bills, transmitting a statement of Colonel Macdonald's accounts with the Residency, and reporting that the money in the accounts were currently available in Tomans but could be made available in Rupees if required.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1826
Extent:

1 folio

152. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 40v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 40v
Title:
Letter No. 65 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that he had hired the services of Moola Hussen [Mullā Ḥusayn] at Sharga [Sharjah] as agent on the Arabian Coast, as from 1 September 1826, stating that his intelligence gathering activity would make him particularly useful in that area, and reporting that he would commence looki...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

1 folio

153. IOR/R/15/1/40, f 68v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 68v 1
Title:
Letter No. 86 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Brief letter forwarding a letter from Shaik Ahmed ben Khamis [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Khamīs], the new Governor of Bushire to the Governor of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1826
Extent:

1 folio

154. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 40v-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 40v-41
Title:
Letter No. 66 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that the Imam of Muscat had intimated, in conversation, his intention to blockade the port of Bussorah [Basra] as his negotiations with the authorities there had failed to 'do him justice'. The letter also states that the Imam had agreed to give notice of his intentions, should ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

2 folios

155. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 41v-43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 41v-43
Title:
Letter No. 67 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive, Muscat to William Newnham, the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on his trip to the Arabian Coast to attempt to resolve the issues arising from the Sooeedan [Sūwaydān] tribe's refusal to abandon their settlement at Derah [Dayrah]. The letter includes report of a conversation with Shaikh Sooltan ben Sugger [Sultan bin Saqr] who had taken up r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1826
Extent:

3 folios

156. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 52v-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 52v-54
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the response of His Majesty (Fath ʻAlī Shāh) to the insulting conduct which the Shiraz Government had shown to the Bushire Residency, and thanking Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald for his involvement in the matter. The letter concludes by informing him that the Royal Firman had b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1826
Extent:

3 folios

157. IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87
Title:
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding news from the Native Agent at Shiraz (Mirza ‘Alī Akbar) that packets being forwarded to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald had been detained at the Customs House in Shiraz, and Colonel Stannus's belief that their detention was intended as an insult and demonstration that friendly rela...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1827
Extent:

5 folios