Political Department letter no. 5 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach informs Newnham that he had received his letter of 20 January and forwarded the accompanying packets to their destinations in Tehran and Bussora [Basra].
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain George Herne, the Honourable Company's Cruiser Benares, commanding at Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf]
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the seizure of an Abothebee [Abu Dhabi] boat by people from Bedda under the authority of Soveedan been Zal. Riach regrets that Herne had not managed to obtain an independent account of what had happened.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus requests payment of a bill for articles to the amount of 2473.2 rupees in return for a present of nearly equal value received from the Imam of Muscat.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain G Walker, Senior Officer of the Marine
Scope & Content:
Riach gives instructions for the movements of the Nautilus, and informs Walker that the Antelope had gone to Bahrine [Bahrain] and Abothbee [Abu Dhabi] to investigate the seizure of boats at Bedda. He asks for any information about this, and a reciprocal seizure.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Henry Wathen, Persian Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Riach informs Wathen that four boxes of presents for the Sheikh of Bushere [Bushire] had been presented to the Sheikh, together with a letter in Persian from the Governor.
