Political Department letter no. 43 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 that a squadron of ships from Muscat had anchored in Bushire Roads with orders to seize any vessel belonging to Sheikh Abdool Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl], but not to interfere in any other way with Bushire or its trade. The squadron was to restore all the property belonging to t...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter regarding a squadron from Muscat anchored at Bushire on 27 July 1826 escorting the ship Nassreh Shah [Nāṣirah Shāh?], formerly of the Shaikh of Bushire, captured by the Imam of Muscat on its way from Bengal.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Charge D'affaires at the Court of Persia
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Transmits (not included) Returns of the Trade of Bushire for the year ending 31 December 1825. Stannus attributes the small number of English ships arriving at Bushire to the Burmese expedition, but comments that trade in general appears to be on the decline.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Acknowledges receipt of Macdonald's letter dated 26 July 1826 transmitting Bills for Stannus for the use of the Mission and another letter dated 27 July 1826 transmitting a register of Drafts on the Bushire treasury. Stannus informs Macdonald that during the Mohurrum [Muḥarram] ceremonies no bus...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Captain George Brown Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Gulf of Persia
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Stannus writes regarding the despatch of the cruizer Nautilus to Bombay and informs that Lieutenant Kinchant has been directed to touch at Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū] for the purpose of taking charge of Walker's letters for the Residency.
Letter no. 54 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, The Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Acknowledges receipt of letter no. 799 approving representation made by Stannus to the Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain] regarding an aggression on a Bahrein boat by an Uttoobee Buglour [‘Utubī baghlah?]. He observes that the aggression was committed on a Mocha boat and the word Bahrein must have been...
