Letter No. 8 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding the state of order in Bushire and further outrages against the Residency by Shaik Hussein [Ḥusayn Khan] and his armed forces; the difficulties in attempting to communicate the situation to the Prince of Shiraz (Ḥosayn-‘Alī Mīrzā); confirmation of intelligence that the Prince was...
Letter No. 550 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain David Wilson, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter encloses a copy of letter no. 545 from William Newnham to the Envoy to the Court of Persia, dated 28 April 1827, regarding relations with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat.
Letter No. 4262 from William Sprott Boyd, Acting Secretary, Military Department, Bombay
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The letter is transmitting copies of a number of letters respecting Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye] for the guidance of unknown recipients. The item has eight enclosures: 1. Letter from James Holland, Acting Deputy Quartermaster, Bombay to the Secretary to Government, Military Department, Bombay (...
Letter no.186 of 1850 from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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In the letter the Secretary sends copies of recent correspondence received from Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf (folios 3, 5-7), and a copy of his letter sent to Hennell (folio 13). The Secretary advises Hamerton to suggest to His Highness the Imam of Muscat—if appropriate—that the ...
Letter from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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James Tronson refers to his earlier letter, no. 17 of 1850 (see the previous item in this file). He states that the fishermen on Seir Abomeid [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr], who belong to Shargah [Sharjah] and Bahrein [Bahrain], informed him that the Sheik [Sheikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan] of Abothabee [Abu D...
Letter No. 14: Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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This letter is stated as being a true copy. James Tronson relays information obtained from the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], Moolah Hussain [Mullah Husain], describing how two Hamereah [Al Ḩamrīyah] buggarahs were attacked and plundered by a number of the Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] people. Tronson also ...
Letter No. 4954 of 1850 from Henry Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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The letter from Henry Goldsmid is enclosed with a copy of Samuel Hennell's letter to the Persian British Envoy of 1 August 1850 (see folio 22). A copy of the covering letter has been sent to the Persian Gulf Resident for reference.
Letter No. 184: Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter, received by Samuel Hennell on 27 March 1850, Arthur Malet writes that he has been directed by the Governor in Council to transmit a copy of a notification issued by the Government announcing the death on 2 December 1849 of the Queen Dowager. Attached is a printed extraordinary not...
Letter No.10: Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter received on 10 May 1850, Arnold Burrowes Kemball advises Samuel Hennell of the appointment of Maashook Pasha from Constantinople to the administration of the town and district of Bussorah [Basra], which has been separated from the Pashalie of Baghdad. Kemball states that he depart...
Letter No. 370: Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay.
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In this letter Samuel Hennell informs Arthur Malet that he recently received a forwarded letter from Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Tehran, to Roland Macdonald Stephenson, Managing Director of the Calcutta Railway, on the subject of Stephenson's proposed scheme of ru...
