Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Kishm [Qeshm] to Captain Deschamps, Commander of the Troops and Acting Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
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The letter consists of instructions concerning how the Acting Political Agent should manage the garrison at Kishme [Qeshm], along with guidance on how to interact with other powers in the region, particularly Persia. It outlines limitations he should respect with regard to undertaking operations ...
Letter no. 1586 of 1822 from Secretary to Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Informs MacLeod that the Deputy Persian Secretary has been instructed to provide him suitable presents to take with him for taking charge of the appointment of Resident in the Persian Gulf. Enclosed is a list of presents for the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz], the Imaum of Muskat [Imam of Muscat, Sa...
Letter no. 1636 of 1822 from Secretary of Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Encloses copies of correspondence with Captain William Bruce regarding the remuneration to the sufferers [?] Linga and Charrack. Enclosures: Copy of letter no. 37 of 1822 from Captain William Bruce at Shiraz to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay, dated 4 September 1822; 'Tr...
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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Riach informs Willock that Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, had been forced by ill health to go to Bombay from Muscat, and that he (Riach) had taken over the duties of the Residency in his absence, or until further orders from the Government of Bombay.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council etc., Bombay
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Riach informs Elphinstone that he had granted two sets of bills on the Honourable Board for 8000 Bombay rupees in favour of Sheikh Zahie and Mirza Abdoola to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Catchatoor Johannes at or on the road from Shiraz
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Riach instructs Johannes not to sell any more bills as all the money required to meet Henry Willock's drafts was now ready. He further instructs him to proceed to Bushire as soon as possible.