Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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The letter concerns Sued Humza [referred to elsewhere in the volume as Syeed Hamza] of Johanna [Nzwane], whose bugla [buggalow] had been plundered near Boordekhan in the territory of the Sheikh of Dashtee [Dashti]. Stannus asks Macdonald to make an appeal to His Royal Highness: this, he thinks, ...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Stannus asks Macdonald to use his influence with the Shiraz Government to obtain remuneration for the losses sustained by merchants at Bombay, who had insured the cargo of a bugla [buggalow] from Bombay that had been plundered by the inhabitants of Bordekhan. The boat of Syeed Hamza of Johanna, ...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Covering letter for correspondence between Stannus and Mohumed Zekee Khan [Zakī Khān], Prime Minister of Fars relating to the intention of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] to commence hostilities at Bushire. The letter is accompanied by the following enclosures: letter from Stannu...
Draft of a letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Moola Sala, Agent at Mogoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh]
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The letter discusses an action off Asaloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] between a bateel belonging to Shaikh Yoosuf of Nackhiloo and two bugalas belonging to Shaikh Saif and Hajee Nasir Kongoong and asks for specific further information on the matter.
Draft of a circular letter from Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant and Acting Resident at Bushire, to the Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] and Shaikh Rashid bin Humud
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The letter discusses the departure of Major Wilson, Resident, to meet with Sir John Malcolm, and Hennell assuming responsibility in his absence.
Draft of a letter from Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant and Acting Resident at Bushire, to Shaikh Tanoon, Chief of Abothabee
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The letter regards information from Shaikh Abdoolla bin Ahmed, Shaikh of Bahrain, concerning a possible attack on his territories by Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān, Chief of Abothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the Acting Resident's advice in the matter.
Notes of a conversation that took place between Aga Mahomed Kazem from His Royal Highness the Prince of Fars and Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire
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This note states that the conversation regarded the loss of a man from a government ship and the taking of a man from one of Shaikh Abdool Russool's bugalas by force, and the consequences that followed. It outlined two differing views on the subject.
Letter no. 49 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Acknowledges receipt of despatches nos. 7 and 12 of 1826 in the Secret Department and nos. 440-520 and 565 of 1826 in the Political Department from the office of Newnham.
