Letter no. 1584 of 1822, from Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay, to Lieutenant John MacLeod
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Informs MacLeod that Captain William Bruce has been removed from the position of Resident at Bushire and he has been selected to succeed him. Enclosures: Copy of letter no. 35 of 1822 from William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Shiraz, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and...
Copy of a letter from Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Hoossein Allee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā], Prince Regent of Fars, dated 1 November 1822
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The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. This is a translation of an original Persian letter, a copy of which can be found on folio 93. There is a note at the end of the letter (f. 97v) informing that 'similar letters [were sent] to the Shaikhs of Bushire [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] and...
Letter no. 1261 of 1823 from Willian Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus
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Following the death of Lieutenant John MacLeod on 20 September 1823, Newnham informs Stannus that the Governor in Council places the fullest confidence in his judgement and knowledge of the Gulf. He informs Stannus that the cruizer Aurora will be ready to convey him to Bushire and that he will be...
Letter No 658 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 15 March 1823. The communication conveyed information on a suggestion made by the Resident to the Government of Fars, indicating that it should warn the Arab tribes of the Persian coast not to provoke the Jawassam...
Letter No 790A of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Governor of Bombay approves of his conduct respecting the issuing of instructions to the officer commanding in the Gulf, and of not enforcing the annual renewal of boat registers and port clearance; the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Pers...
Letter No 914 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Governor of Bombay approves of the tenor of his communication addressed to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat, which concerned the restoration of the Beni Boo Ali tribe [Banī Bū ‘Alī]. However, it notes that the extent to which the Indian G...
Letter No 997 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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The letter explains that the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf does not prohibit the Arab tribes in the Persian Gulf from rebuilding their forts, but notes that the Resident should report any such activity back to the Bombay Government.
Letter No 1162 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is instructing the Resident not to arrange further rendezvous between cruizers in Persian territory, without first consulting with the King of Persia's representative at Tehran.
Letter No 182 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is instructing the Resident that the Beni Boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] Arabs are to be restored to their former habitations. It stresses that in the process, the Resident should not force Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat, to adopt any measures which may lead to disturbances in ...
Letter No 329 of 1823 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain John Macleod, Resident in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Bombay Government approves of the instructions he has issued to the Senior Officer commanding the East India Company's Cruizers in the Persian Gulf, and of his efforts to get more Arab chiefs to sign the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Per...
