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161. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 81 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 81 2
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter for a register of two sets of bills of exchange [not transcribed] on the Honourable Governor in Council to meet the demands of the Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1826
Extent:

1 folio

162. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 81v-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 81v-82
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain Mitchell, commanding the ship Soultan
Scope & Content:
The letter contains Stannus's response to complaints made by Mitchell about obstructive behaviour on the part of people at the Customs House in Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1826
Extent:

2 folios

163. IOR/R/15/1/36, f 122v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, f 122v
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:
Asking him to communicate to all the vessels under his command the regulation that the amount of treasure freight received by all cruisers at Bushire should be paid into the treasury at the Residency, and accompanied by a return of the same.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1826
Extent:

1 folio

164. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 6v-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 6v-7
Title:
Political Department letter no. 2 of 1826 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach gives news of Abdoolla Russool Khan; a proposed marriage between a sister of the Prince of Shiraz and the Imam of Muscat; and Rahma bin Jaber [Rahma bin Jabir].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1826
Extent:

2 folios

165. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 7v-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 7v-8
Title:
Political Department letter no. 3 of 1826 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach forwards correspondence relating to a claim for breach of contract made by Captain Jervis, Agent of Cavalry against Abdool Russool Khan after a ship of the Sheikh's, which was suposed to convey public horses to India, had failed to sail at the specified time. Riach asks for instructions fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1826
Extent:

2 folios

166. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 10v-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 10v-11
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
Scope & Content:
Riach informs Willock that there would be no difficulty in meeting the drafts arising from the disposal of his bills for 223,940 rupees. However, almost the whole weight of Willock's bills had fallen on the Bombay Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1826
Extent:

2 folios

167. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the loss of Syed Hamzah's baglow [baghlah], on which Taylor had shipped a Government packet and a box containing ancient coins to an address in Bombay. Riach reports that the vessel had been plundered by the people of Bordagkhan and that there was no hope of recovering any of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

168. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 31-32
Title:
Political Department letter no. 6 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter gives news of the movements of the Honourable Company's cruisers Benares and Nautilus, and of the seizure of boats at Bedda by people belonging to Sheikh Tannoon been Shackboot [Tahnun bin Shakhbut], who had in turn complained about the seizure of ten of his pearl boats by one of his s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

169. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 32-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 32-33
Title:
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain George Herne, the Honourable Company's Cruiser Benares
Scope & Content:
Riach thanks Herne for his account of events at Bahrine [Bahrain], in which a slave of Rahma bin Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir], was said to have been killed attempting to set fire to the town. He also regrets that there was no news relating to the blockade of Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], but as it was suppose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios

170. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 36v-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 36v-37
Title:
Political Department letter no. 7 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter for a copy of a letter [not transcribed] from Mr Willock to the Secretary of the Bengal Government. The contents of the original were considered to be so important that Riach had decided to send a copy by a different method from that by which the original had been forwarded.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1826
Extent:

2 folios