Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter contains a further report on the second military expedition against the Beni Boo Alli [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe. It details the return of the expedition to Soor [Ṣūr], and arrangements being made to transport the troops and captured chieftains back to Bombay. It further details the failed ...
Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, at sea aboard the Byramgore to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter contains a report put together by the Major-General on the suitability of the town of Kishm [Qeshm], on the island of Kishme [Qeshm], as a base for a garrison and naval operations in the Persian Gulf. A number of alternative locations are examined by the author; he recommends they sti...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Andrew Jukes
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding information to aid Andrew Jukes once he takes up the post of Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]. Enclosed with the letter are the terms of engagement of the Francis Warden, which is to transport Mr Jukes to Kishme, and a list of stores (including tonnage) to be shipped abo...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to [Captain Deschamps], Acting Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
Scope & Content:
The letter instructs the Acting Resident to gather intelligence relating to any signs of piracy and fort construction by the sea. It also includes instructions about what to do, and what not do, in the event piratical activity is uncovered.
Copy of a Persian letter from the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Shaikh of Bushire, ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, dated 10 Ṣafar 1238 [30 October 1822]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.
Copy of Arabic letter from the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain, dated 15 Ṣafar 1238 [30 October 1822]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.
Copy of Arabic letter form the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān bin Imām Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat, dated 15 Ṣafar 1238 [30 October 1822]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.
Letter no. 1759 of 1822 from Secretary to Government of India to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Refers to his letter of 9 November 1822 advising pensions should be granted to members of the family of the late Mehedy Ally Khan [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān] and informs MacLeod that an application has been received from Mariam [Mariyam], a widow of the late Mahomed Hussain Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān], son...
Letter no. 1550 of 1822 from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay to the Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Acquaints MacLeod with letter from Mr Secretary Babington to the Resident at Bushire, dated 28 October 1811, regarding the death of Mahomed Hussain Khaun [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān] and the pension of the older son of Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān].
