Partial letter to an unknown recipient, from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is severely truncated, probably as a result of the weeding and refiling that took place in 1955, to reduce three volumes to the present volume. The content of the letter is unclear.
Letter to John Wedderburn, Accountant General in Bombay, from Robert Money, Assistant to the Resident
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing three abstracts from the assistant surgeon at the Residency, for the Resident's disbursements, totalling 599 rupees, sent by Money in the present absence of Stannus from the Residency.
Letter to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor in Bombay, from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter concerns the finances of the Residency, and forwards to the civil auditor the cash account for the Residency, with several vouchers (not included in the file), for the quarter ending 31 October 1825.
Letter to J. W. Walker, Persian Secretary to the Government in Bombay, from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter concerns diplomatic relations between Bombay and Persia. Stannus writes to Walker, enclosing a letter (not included in the file) from the Prince of Shiraz, which commends Meer Gool Mahomed Padohah Khan, son of the Amin of Kooghan, to the Resident's good offices, and requests an introd...
Partial letter to an unknown recipient, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is truncated and its contents missing, probably as a result of the weeding and refiling that took place in 1955, to reduce three volumes to the present volume.
Partial letter to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay, from an unknown sender at the Residency
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The letter is a covering letter, presumably sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwarding a despatch received from Henry Willock, the Chargé D'Affairs at the Court of Tehran. The letter also makes mention of financial matters, however, the lette...
Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Amherst, Governor General at Fort William, from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is related to financial matters, and concerns two bills of exchange totalling 20,000 Indian rupees.
Letter no.23 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
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The letter concerns relations between Mahomed ben Ali [Muhammad bin Ali], chief of the Beni Boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī], and the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id]. Newnham writes that Muhammad bin Ali is fearful of the Imam of Muscat's intentions towards him and his tribe, and suggests that ...
Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Captain G. B. Walker, Senior Officer in the Persian Gulf
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The letter acknowledges receipt of Stannus's previous letter of 12 July 1825 with its letters for Shaikh Tannoon [Tuhnun bin Shakbut] and the British Agent at Sharjah, which will be dispatched the following day on the Antelope. The letter includes two enclosures: 1) A copy of a letter (folios ...