Political Department letter no. 27 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus gives a list of dispatches in the Political Department addressed to the Residency, which had remained unanswered up to that date.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to to Captain G Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
Stannus informs Walker that he had arranged to have some marine stores, which had arrived on the Berwick, transported to Bassadore by means of a hired bugla [buggalow], as there was not room for them on the Amherst.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to to Captain G Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
Stannus asks Walker to advise the commanders of the cruisers under his orders not to intervene in the hostilities that were expected to break out shortly between the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] and the Governor of Bushire.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Stannus forwards a letter [not transcribed] for Macdonald from the Mutesellim [civil governor] of Bussorah [Basra].
Political Department letter no. 31 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus requests approval for a grant of leave of absence for six months for Lieutenant Strong, the officer commanding the escort at the Residency, who wished accompany Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald to the interior of Persia.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Stannus forwards the annual accounts of the Residency [not transcribed]. The letter is followed by the following enclosure: list of annual accounts sent to the Civil Auditor, signed by Stannus and dated 15 June 1826.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to to Captain G Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Stannus informs Walker that the salute previously fired for the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], who was shortly expected to enter the Gulf, was altogether inadequate for his rank. He recommends a nineteen gun salute instead.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain George Barnes Brucks, commanding the Honourable Company's Surveying Ship (HCSS) Discovery
Scope & Content:
Stannus requests a copy of the portion of Brucks's survey relating to Bushire Roads, for the use of the cruisers stationed in the Gulf.
