Draft of a note from Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant and Acting Resident at Bushire, to Shaikh Abdool Russool [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], Governor of Bushire
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The letter regards the settlement of claims of a man named Framjee.
Draft of a letter from Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant and Acting Resident at Bushire, to Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]
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The letter is concerned with the seizure of a Koweet [Kuwait] bateel and the men involved. It also outlines another act of piracy upon four boats belonging to Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh].
Letter No 1420 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]
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William Newnham tansmits a copy of a letter from a person representing himself as belonging to His Majesty's Ship Martin, left in a distressed situation at Siuee [Siyu?], a place on the East Coast of Africa, together with translations of letters received from the chiefs of that and neighbouring ...
Letter No 357 of 1827 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]
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This letter refers to William Newnham's letter dated 22 February and transmits an original letter from the Governor of Bombay to Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī, the ruler of Sharjah] together with English and Arabic copies for the Resident's information. Only the Arabic copy is enc...
Letter from Willam Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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The letter is a request for the eggs of the silk worm and seeds of various plants thought to be likely to thrive in western India and believed to be easily procurable in Persia. Instructions are given for how to pack and transport them.
Letter No. 13 of 1833 from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Richard Clerk, Acting Chief Secretary to Government of Fort Saint George, Political Department, Madras
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The letter is a covering letter enclosing a copy of a communication from the British Envoy to the Court of Persia, dated 9 February 1832. A copy of the original enclosure is not included in the volume. The letter has been crossed through in blue pencil.
Letter from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to John Pepper, Commander and Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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The letter (acting on the behalf of the Shaikh of Mohumra) is requesting the release of prisoners who are currently being held by the Commander for trespass. The letter has been marked with a large blue cross from top to bottom.
Letter No. 28 of 1833 from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is forwarding an Arabic letter received from the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī] Shaikh, Sultan bin Sughur [Sulṭān bin Saqr]; a copy of this enclosure is not included in this volume.
First Page of a Letter from [David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf], at Bushire, to Major Hicks, Commander of the Marine Battalion, Bombay
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The letter is truncated, possibly as a result of weeding, which means that most of the letter is missing; the author is not specified but is in all likelihood David Anderson Blane. There is not enough content left to make out the letter's subject.
