Letter No. 29 to the Commander of the Viper Cutter, or any of the Honourable Company's Cruizers, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting the reader of it to take on board Bussora [Basra] Resident Latouche and take him to India. The letter also asks the reader to accept on board a Frenchman charged with dispatches to French commanders in India. Shipped by Major Gils, an officer of the Madras Establishment.
Letter No. 73 to Samuel Manesty, in Charge of the Honourable East India Company at Bussora [Basra], from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter provides details - via a Banyan Merchant - of news that three French ships had arrived at Muscat with the intention of establishing a 'house' there (a request which was refused by Sheikh Calfaun).
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commander & Agent, Ras al Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
Scope & Content:
The letter states that the Imam of Maskat [Muscat], Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, has granted permission for the troops to be withdrawn to Kiskme [Qeshm]; the withdrawal will commence as soon as possible. The Captain also reports progress in treating scurvy among the troops.
Letter from James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent at Kishm [Qeshm]
Scope & Content:
The letter states that military action with the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, against the Benni Boo Alee [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe should only be undertaken if their piratical activity can be established beyond doubt.
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Muscat to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of orders dated 23 December 1820 removing the Captain from the post of Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm] and ordering him to return to Bombay; Andrew Jukes has been appointed to replace him.
