Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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Acknowledgement of receipt of his letter enclosing receipts in triplicate for disbursements made from the Residency treasury on account of His Majesty's Mission.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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Stannus informs Willock that, tomans being the current coin of country, the banker Aga Mohumed had withdrawn his objection to receiving the amount of his drafts in that type of coin.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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Acknowledgement of receipt of a packet for Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor in Council under cover to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, which Stannus had forwarded to Bombay by the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Palinurus.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain G Walker, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Benares and Senior Officer in the Persian Gulf
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Stannus gives instructions for the Amherst to proceed from Bassidore to Bushire by way of Bahrain, taking in the pearl banks and all the fishing stations en route. The letter also concerns the Elphinstone, the Nautilus and cash for the cruisers.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to The President and Members of the Native Pension Fund Committee, Bombay
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Stannus asks if clerks or other servants who retire from public employment at their own request are entitled to the return of any part of their contributions to the Native Pension Fund.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain George Herne, Senior Officer at Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf]
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Riach asks for accurate information about the movements of Rahma [Raḥmah bin Jābir] at Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf], particularly if he had committed any acts of aggression toward boats from Katiff or elsewhere in the area. Riach asks in a postscript for information on the circumstances in which a boat of ...
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
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Riach informs Elphinstone that Catchatoor Johannes had endorsed two sets of bills of exchange at Shiraz in favour of two named persons. The bills, which were in connection with His Majesty's mission to Persia, had been drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran, and were t...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus explains the circumstances surrounding a bill for repairs to the Residency, to which an objection had been raised by the Auditor General. He hopes to be relieved of the charge, and refers to previous correspondence with the Bombay Government. Enclosed ...
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain Thomas Elwon, the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Antelope
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Riach instructs Elwon to proceed to Bahrine [Bahrain] to investigate the seizure of several boats belonging to Bedda by people under the authority of Sheikh Tannoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi], who had previously reported the seizure of ten of his pearl boats by a subject...
Political Department letter no. 14 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Stannus reports a conversation he had had with the Imam of Muscat [Said bin Sultan al-Said] on the subject of his treaty with the British: the Imam was aware of the amicable relations between the two governments; did not wish to become an embrrassment to the British; and had supposed that the arr...