Letter no. 1583 of 1822 from Secretary of Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Informs MacLeod that the Agency in Turkish Arabia has been separated from that in Persia and Captain [Robert] Taylor has been appointed to the former. The letter also mentions an increase in salaries for the Native Agents at Bushire and Muscat to two hundred rupees per mensem. A letter (1582 of...
Letter no. 1661 of 1822 from Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Encloses copy of instructions issued to the Senior Officer of the Honorable Company's Marine in the Persian Gulf in light of the withdrawal from the island of Kishm and informs MacLeod that the Honorable Governor in Council requests that he submit to him any suggestions he may have regarding thes...
Letter no. 1681 of 1822 from Secretary to Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Encloses copy of a letter from Colonel Kennett, Political Agent at Kishm, dated 19 October 1822, reporting his endeavours to adjust the claims of Ramah bin Jubbur [Raḥmah bin Jābir] and the ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, the Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The letter includes 'Notes of conference...
Letter from Captain Henry Hardy, in Charge at Bushire, to the officer that may be at Muscat on his way as Resident in the Gulf
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The letter is forwarding a copy and translation of a report from Merza Ali Ackha, agent at Sheraz [Shiraz], concerning Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā's intentions to attack Bahrain. It is also informing him that the Senior Marine Officer, Captain Sealy, is at Bushire.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain Robert Taylor, Political Agent, Bussorah [Basra]
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Informing him that as a result of ill health Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus had been forced to proceed from Muscat to Bombay, and that he (Riach) was carrying out the duties of the Residency until further orders.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran
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The letter informs Willock that a bill favour of Aga Mohomed Ally had been accepted and that the amount when paid would be debited to the account of His Majesty's mission to Persia.