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3661. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 98-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 98-99
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a shortfall in the amount of cash delivered over to Stannus by Captain Henry Hardy, his predecessor as Resident. Stannus describes the difficulties of interpreting the accounts of the Residency, as they were formerly kept, and suggests ways of explaining the shortfall.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3662. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 110v-111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 110v-111
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:
Thanking him for his letter approving of the arrangements connected with the money transactions of the subsidy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3663. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 111v-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 111v-112
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:
The letter relates to the bills that Willock had drawn on the Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3664. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 124-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 124-125
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
Stannus informs Taylor that the fleet of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] had been ordered to proceed from Bushire to Bussorah [Basra] to enforce certain financial claims there, either by means of a blockade or a by a direct attack on the Turkish fleet or the town itself. This woul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3665. IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 131-133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 131-133
Title:
Enclosures nos. 4-6 to Political Department letter no. 32 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 91v-97]
Scope & Content:
The enclosures are as follows: Enclosure no. 4: translation of a letter from Sultan Bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr], Sheikh of Shurga [Sharjah] to Stannus, dated 23 April 1826, asking Stannus for justice and the exaction of a blood fine following the killing of a member of one of his boats, and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1826
Extent:

3 folios

3666. IOR/R/15/1/11, ff 33v-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/11, ff 33v-34
Title:
Letter from James Morier, on board H M S Lion, to William Bruce Esquire
Scope & Content:
Letter from James Morier, on board H M S Lion, to William Bruce Esquire, requesting to pitch the tents left by General Malcolm for Sir Gore Ouseley's arrival at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1811
Extent:
2 folios

3667. IOR/R/15/1/25, f 74v 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25, f 74v 2
Title:
Letter No 6 of 1822 from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, General Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that W A Willand of the artillery died on the 16 November 1822, having arrived at Bushire aboard the HC Cruizer Mercury.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1822
Extent:

1 folio

3668. IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8
Title:
Letter no.18 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the death of the Shaikh of Bahrain, and the intentions of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] to help the late Shaikh's sons take power, and his plans to seize the Bahrain islands for himself. Newnham's letter is a covering letter, enclosing copies, in English (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1825
Extent:
5 folios

3669. IOR/R/15/1/35 ff 48v-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35 ff 48v-50
Title:
Letter no.30 of 1825 to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay, from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report on current events on the Arab coast, including Stannus's discussions with Shaeikh Tahnoon [Tahnun bin Shakbut] of Abu Dhabi, and Shaikh Sooltan [Sultan bin Saqr] of Sharjah. Stannus also reports a case of plunder by a Sharjah vessel against a Bahrain vessel, and the recent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1825
Extent:
3 folios

3670. IOR/R/15/1/23, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/23, f 40
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to the Captain's letter of 9 August 1820 (ff. 29-39v). The letter expresses the Government of Bombay's approval and satisfaction with the successful removal of the garrison from Rasool Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah], along with its regret over the Captain's recent ill health.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1820
Extent:
1 folio