Political Department letter no. 32 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 begins the letter by mentioning a report that the troops of Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir] were gradually deserting his standard, which gave hopes of a peaceful settlement. However, a dispute had arisen between Sheikh Abdolla [also spelled Abdoola] ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl K...
Political Department letter no. 33 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 informs Newnham of the arrival of the Palinurus at Bushire and of the methods by which he had forwarded dispatches, which came with the Palinurus, to Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussorah [Basra] and Lieutenant John Macdonald, Envoy at the Court of Persia.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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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 Accountant General, signed by Stannus and dated 15 June 1826.
Political Department letter no. 34 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 informs Newnham that the packets brought up from Bombay by the Honourable Company's Survey Ship (HCSS) Discovery had been dispatched to Constantinople by express courier.
Political Department letter no. 36 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 forwards a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia concerning a buglow [buggalow] from Bombay that had been wrecked on the Persian coast and plundered by the inhabitants of Dashtee [Dashti], a few miles south of Bushire. The letter is accompanied by the fo...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to The General Paymaster, Bombay
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Stannus states that there had been a misunderstanding on the part of Lieutenant George Barnes Brucks over the amount to be paid for treasure shipped on board the Honourable Company's Surveying Ship Discovery for Bombay.
Political Department letter no. 40 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Covering letter for correspondence from Zekee Khan [Zakī Khān], Prime Minister of Fars and the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] concerning the dispute between Muscat and Bushire. A marginal note refers to the enclosures in the foregoing letter in the volume [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 116v-119].
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain C F Grice, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Elphinstone
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Stannus gives Grice the instructions he is to follow while his ship is stationed on the pearl banks, covering general policy toward fishing vessels, piracy, and the course his ship should take.
Political Department letter no. 42 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 gives his reasons for removing Hajee Hussein from his post of Agent at Sharga [Sharjah].
