Draft of a letter from James Pringle Riach Esq. to Meerza Mahomed Ally at Shiraz in answer to his, to Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire
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In the letter the Acting Resident, [James Pringle] Riach, relates to the claims of Prince Abbas Meerza against some Jewish people for money which Riach ascertained may have already been paid. It involves the seizure of a servant of the Residency, and the intervention of the Acting Resident in the...
Draft of a letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Meerza Mahomed Ally at Shiraz (Abbas Mirza's Man)
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The letter discusses the matter of the seizure and confinement of a Jew named Ibrahim in the service of the British Government and a dispute over the payment of some bills.
Letter No. 1 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy of a letter from the Imam of Muscat (Saʻīd bin Sulṭān) in response to the official notification of the British authorities departure from Bombassa [Mombasa] and recommendations by Colonel Stannus that mercy be shown to the inhabitants of the island. The letter goes o...
Letter No. 97: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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This letter has no date, but a note on the verso states that it was received on 26 August 1850. In the letter, John Patterson Porter forwards an extract, dated 24 August 1850, from Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners's report of his trip to Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf] and his efforts to recover stolen ite...
Letter no.35 of 1850 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Response to Hennell's letter of 22 February (ff 31-32), suggesting that 20 March would be the best date to send all sailing vessels in the squadron to the coast of Qatar. Requests the assistance of a Bahrain pilot in conducting the vessels along the Qatar coast, agreeing with Hennell that the 'pl...
Letter no.125 of 1851 from Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Porter responds to Hennell's requests for action at Bahrain and al-Qatif (f 55). He states that the vessels Euphrates and Tigris can be despatched to the site of the blockade, and that fifty-five boats comprise the Wahhabi force at al-Qatif. He requests further instructions from Hennell.
Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency
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Letter in which Hennell writes about an enquiry surrounding the events of an altercation between his and McAlister's servants, over access to a water well in the town. Hennell writes of his 'entire disapprobation' with McAlister in the wake of an altercation, and complains of McAlister not consul...
Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Porter's reply to Hennell's letter (ff 17-18) stating the grievances held by the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister against Porter, provoked by the uncourteous letter McAlister claims to have received from Porter (see f 15). Porter gives his version of events surrounding the origins of the...
Letter no.8 of 1851 from Lt Frederick Erskine Manners, Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing a report on the Tigris's patrol of the Qatar coast. Manners reports that Afeerat [Fuwairit] was almost deserted, as was Wukruh [al-Wakra], and that most inhabitants of these towns had moved to Ed Biddeh [al Bidda]. Manners reports that he met the three sheikhs of Fuwairit, al-Wak...
